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Rare Truncating HAND2 Variants Predispose to Atrial Fibrillation.
Genes - 17 Jun 2026
Zhang Hong, Hu Xiao-Qing, Li Ning, Zhang Dao-Liang, Qiu Xing-Biao, Yang Chen-Xi, Xu Ying-Jia, Yang Yi-Qing, Wang Juan
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Background/Objectives: As the most prevalent supraventricular arrhythmia, affecting around 1% of people worldwide, atrial fibrillation (AF) is implicated with a multitude of detrimental clinical sequelae, encompassing congestive failure, thromboembolic cerebral stroke, and premature death. Accumulating epidemiological evidence convincingly demonstrates genetic defects as a cornerstone in the pathogenesis of...
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