Common genetic variation near the connexin-43 gene is associated with resting heart rate in African Americans: a genome-wide association study of 13,372 participants.

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Published in Heart Rhythm on November 24, 2012

Authors

R Deo1, M A Nalls, C L Avery, J G Smith, D S Evans, M F Keller, A M Butler, S G Buxbaum, G Li, P Miguel Quibrera, E N Smith, T Tanaka, E L Akylbekova, A Alonso, D E Arking, E J Benjamin, G S Berenson, J C Bis, L Y Chen, W Chen, S R Cummings, P T Ellinor, M K Evans, L Ferrucci, E R Fox, S R Heckbert, G Heiss, W C Hsueh, K F Kerr, M C Limacher, Y Liu, S A Lubitz, J W Magnani, R Mehra, G M Marcus, S S Murray, A B Newman, O Njajou, K E North, D N Paltoo, B M Psaty, S S Redline, A P Reiner, J G Robinson, J I Rotter, T E Samdarshi, R B Schnabel, N J Schork, A B Singleton, D Siscovick, E Z Soliman, N Sotoodehnia, S R Srinivasan, H A Taylor, M Trevisan, Z Zhang, A B Zonderman, C Newton-Cheh, E A Whitsel

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Cardiology, Electrophysiology Section, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA. Rajat.Deo@uphs.upenn.edu

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