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Massive study sheds light on the genetic roots of atrial fibrillation

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Catherine

Massive study sheds light on the genetic roots of atrial fibrillation
June 13, 2018 01:58PM

Registered: 6 years ago
Posts: 167

[medicalxpress.com]

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Pompon

Re: Massive study sheds light on the genetic roots of atrial fibrillation
June 13, 2018 11:54PM

Registered: 6 years ago
Posts: 920

This will likely not solve the problem for me, but I hope it will for the generations to come...
Thanks for the link.

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Billyjeans

Re: Massive study sheds light on the genetic roots of atrial fibrillation
June 17, 2018 05:20PM

Registered: 6 years ago
Posts: 49

I recently read that there is in fact a specific gene that is linked to afib. It is 4q25. I have not been tested to see if I have it but if I were a betting man..... smiling smiley

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JAYHAWK

Re: Massive study sheds light on the genetic roots of atrial fibrillation
June 22, 2018 10:12AM

Registered: 12 years ago
Posts: 93

In my initial meeting with Natale prior to my ablation in 2011 told him I had tried to eliminate many, many potential causes of atrial fibrillation without success. When I asked what he thought was the cause.....said I was genetically predisposed for the problem.

Steve

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hwkmn05

Re: Massive study sheds light on the genetic roots of atrial fibrillation
June 22, 2018 05:45PM

Registered: 7 years ago
Posts: 218

I am the first and only in a large family of siblings and extended family of hundreds.