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Relation of Obstructive Sleep Apnea and a Common Variant at Chromosome 4q25 to Atrial Fibrillation.
The American journal of cardiology - 1 May 2017
Patel Neel J, Wells Quinn S, Huang Shi, Upender Raghu P, Darbar Dawood, Monahan Ken
Abstract excerpt
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) at the 4q25 locus are associated with increased risk of atrial fibrillation (AF). Whether these associations are independent of traditional risk factors for AF remains unknown. Using billing code queries and manual chart review, we assembled a cohort of adults that underwent overnight polysomnography and at least 1 12-lead electrocardiogram....
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