Atrial Fibrillation
deCODE Discovers Second Common Genetic Risk Factor for Atrial Fibrillation and Stroke
Published in Cardiovascular Business Week, July 28th, 2009
Scientists at deCODE genetics (Nasdaq: DCGN) and colleagues from Europe and the United States report the discovery of a common single-letter variant in the sequence of the human genome (SNP) conferring increased risk of atrial fibrillation (AF) and stroke. The findings will be integrated directly into the deCODE AF(TM) reference laboratory test for gauging individual risk of AF and stroke and helping to identify stroke patients who may benefit from enhanced monitoring for AF. The study is published online today in Nature Genetics at http://www.nature.com/ng.
The new SNP is in the ZFHX3 gene on chromosome 16q22, and the more than one third of people of European descent...
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