Association of Thyroid Function Genetic Predictors With Atrial Fibrillation
Author(s) -
Joe-Élie Salem,
M. Benjamin Shoemaker,
Lisa Bastarache,
Christian M. Shaffer,
Andrew M. Glazer,
Brett M. Kroncke,
Quinn S. Wells,
Mingjian Shi,
Péter Straub,
Gail P. Jarvik,
Eric B. Larson,
Digna R. Velez Edwards,
Todd L. Edwards,
Lea K. Davis,
Hákon Hákonarson,
Chunhua Weng,
David Fasel,
Björn C. Knollmann,
Thomas J. Wang,
Joshua C. Denny,
Patrick T. Ellinor,
Dan M. Roden,
Jonathan D. Mosley
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
jama cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.108
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 2380-6591
pISSN - 2380-6583
DOI - 10.1001/jamacardio.2018.4615
Subject(s) - medicine , thyrotropin receptor , odds ratio , goiter , atrial fibrillation , genetic association , thyroid function , thyroid , genome wide association study , endocrinology , single nucleotide polymorphism , graves' disease , genotype , genetics , biology , gene
Thyroid hormone levels are tightly regulated through feedback inhibition by thyrotropin, produced by the pituitary gland. Hyperthyroidism is overwhelmingly due to thyroid disorders and is well recognized to contribute to a wide spectrum of cardiovascular morbidity, particularly the increasingly common arrhythmia atrial fibrillation (AF).
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