American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 107, Issue 10 , Pages 1504-1509 , 15 May 2011

Usefulness of Single Nucleotide Polymorphism in Chromosome 4q25 to Predict In-Hospital and Long-Term Development of Atrial Fibrillation and Survival in Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

  • Salim S. Virani, MD

      Affiliations

    • Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center Health Services Research and Development Center of Excellence, Houston, Texas
    • Section of Cardiovascular Research, Baylor College of Medicine and Center for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention, Methodist DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center, Houston, Texas
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Tel: (713) 794-8517; fax: (713) 748-7359
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  • Ariel Brautbar, MD

      Affiliations

    • Section of Cardiovascular Research, Baylor College of Medicine and Center for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention, Methodist DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center, Houston, Texas
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  • Vei-Vei Lee, MS

      Affiliations

    • Texas Heart Institute, St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Houston, Texas
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  • MacArthur Elayda, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Texas Heart Institute, St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Houston, Texas
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  • Shehzad Sami, MD

      Affiliations

    • Texas Heart Institute, St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Houston, Texas
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  • Vijay Nambi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Section of Cardiovascular Research, Baylor College of Medicine and Center for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention, Methodist DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center, Houston, Texas
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  • Lorraine Frazier, RN, PhD

      Affiliations

    • University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas
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  • James M. Wilson, MD

      Affiliations

    • Texas Heart Institute, St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Houston, Texas
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  • James T. Willerson, MD

      Affiliations

    • Texas Heart Institute, St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Houston, Texas
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  • Eric Boerwinkle, PhD

      Affiliations

    • University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas
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  • Christie M. Ballantyne, MD

      Affiliations

    • Section of Cardiovascular Research, Baylor College of Medicine and Center for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention, Methodist DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center, Houston, Texas

Received 10 December 2010 ,Accepted 18 January 2011.

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 This work was supported by grant 08RDM003 from the Roderick D. MacDonald research fund, St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital (Houston, Texas). Dr. Virani was supported by Career Development Award CDA-09-028 from the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Services Research and Development Service (Washington, DC). This work was also supported by grants National Institutes of Health UL1 RR024148 and 1R01NR010235-01A1 through the TexGen Foundation (Houston, Texas) and funded by the National Institute of Nursing Research (Washington, DC).

 The views expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

PII: S0002-9149(11)00338-9

doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.01.026

American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 107, Issue 10 , Pages 1504-1509 , 15 May 2011

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