Post-operative atrial fibrillation examined using whole-genome RNA sequencing in human left atrial tissue

• Main Authors: Martin I Sigurdsson (Author), Louis Saddic (Author), Mahyar Heydarpour (Author), Tzuu-Wang Chang (Author), Prem Shekar (Author), Sary Aranki (Author), Gregory S Couper (Author), Stanton K. Shernan (Author), Jochen D. Muehlschlegel (Author), Simon C. Body (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Both ambulatory atrial fibrillation (AF) and post-operative AF (poAF) are associated with substantial morbidity and mortality. Analyzing the tissue-specific gene expression in the left atrium (LA) can identify novel genes associated with AF and further the understanding of the me...