Arrhythmias: Opening Pandora's Box -- incidental genetic findings

Nat Rev Cardiol. 2016 Apr;13(4):187-8. doi: 10.1038/nrcardio.2016.27. Epub 2016 Mar 3.

Abstract

A major goal of precision medicine is to improve disease prevention and therapy by using big data provided by genomic technology and electronic health records. In a new study, assessment of a patient population without a history of cardiac disease revealed that genetic variants putatively associated with a risk of sudden death were not linked with arrhythmia phenotypes.

Publication types

  • News
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Arrhythmias, Cardiac / genetics*
  • Electronic Health Records*
  • Ether-A-Go-Go Potassium Channels / genetics*
  • Female
  • Genetic Variation*
  • Humans
  • Laboratories / standards*
  • Male
  • NAV1.5 Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel / genetics*
  • Phenotype*

Substances

  • Ether-A-Go-Go Potassium Channels
  • NAV1.5 Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel