Heart Rhythm
Volume 6, Issue 12 , Pages 1745-1750 , December 2009

Association of TGFBR2 polymorphism with risk of sudden cardiac arrest in patients with coronary artery disease

  • Zian H. Tseng, MD, MAS

      Affiliations

    • Section of Cardiac Electrophysiology, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests and correspondence: Dr. Zian H. Tseng, Section of Cardiac Electrophysiology, 500 Parnassus Avenue, Box 1354, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94143-1354
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  • Eric Vittinghoff, PhD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, California
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  • Stacy L. Musone, BA

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Human Genetics, University of California, San Francisco, California
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  • Feng Lin, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, California
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  • Dean Whiteman, BS

      Affiliations

    • Section of Cardiac Electrophysiology, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California
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  • Ludmila Pawlikowska, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Human Genetics, University of California, San Francisco, California
    • Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care, University of California, San Francisco, California
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  • Pui-Yan Kwok, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Human Genetics, University of California, San Francisco, California
    • Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, California
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  • Jeffrey E. Olgin, MD, FHRS

      Affiliations

    • Section of Cardiac Electrophysiology, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California
    • Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, California
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  • Bradley E. Aouizerat, PhD, MAS

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Human Genetics, University of California, San Francisco, California
    • Department of Physiologic Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, California

Received 30 July 2009 ,Accepted 23 August 2009.

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 Funded by grants from the National Center for Research Resources, a component of the National Institutes of Health and the National Institutes of Health Roadmap for Medical Research (KL2 RR024130).

PII: S1547-5271(09)00935-7

doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2009.08.031

Heart Rhythm
Volume 6, Issue 12 , Pages 1745-1750 , December 2009

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