Emelia Benjamin and colleagues report a meta-analysis of genome-wide association study data for atrial fibrillation, a condition associated with stroke and heart failure, in five European community-based cohorts of the CHARGE consortium. They report an association in ZFHX3 to atrial fibrillation, with replication in an independent cohort from the German AF Network.
- Emelia J Benjamin
- Kenneth M Rice
- Jacqueline C M Witteman