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All articles tagged: Chronic atrial fibrillation, unspecified (I48.20)

HealthDay 27 June at 03.11 PM

Rare Predicted Loss-of-Function Variants, Polygenic Risk Score Linked to Risk of A-Fib

Rare predicted loss-of-function (pLOF) variants and a polygenic risk score (PRS) are associated with increased atrial fibrillation (AF) risk, according to a study published online June 26 in JAMA Cardiology.Oliver B. Vad, M.D., from Copenhagen University Hospital–Rigshospitalet in Denmark, and colleagues examined rare pLOF variants as