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Another Gene Found That Increases Risk of Atrial Fibrillation and Stroke

July 16, 2009 at 9:50 am Leave a Comment

We continue to learn more about the family connection in atrial fibrillation. A second gene was just found that increases the risk of afib and stroke. At least one third of those of European descent carry one copy of the newly-discovered variant in the ZFHX3 gene and have a 20% increase in risk of afib [...]

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