Investigating the Genetic Architecture of the PR Interval Using Clinical Phenotypes. | Vanderbilt Translational and Clinical Cardiovascular Research Center (VTRACC)

Mosley JD, Shoemaker MB, Wells QS, Darbar D, Shaffer CM, Edwards TL, Bastarache L, McCarty CA, Thompson W, Chute CG, Jarvik GP, Crosslin DR, Larson EB, Kullo IJ, Pacheco JA, Peissig PL, Brilliant MH, Linneman JG, Witte JS, Denny JC, Roden DM. Investigating the Genetic Architecture of the PR Interval Using Clinical Phenotypes. Circulation. Cardiovascular genetics. 2017 Apr;10(10). PMID: 28416512 [PubMed]

Abstract

One potential use for the PR interval is as a biomarker of disease risk. We hypothesized that quantifying the shared genetic architectures of the PR interval and a set of clinical phenotypes would identify genetic mechanisms contributing to PR variability and identify diseases associated with a genetic predictor of PR variability.