Twelve-Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Genetic Risk Score Identifies Individuals at Increased Risk for Future Atrial Fibrillation and Stroke [Clinical Sciences]

Conclusions—
An AF-GRS can identify 20% of individuals who are at 2-fold increased risk for incident AF and at 23% increased risk for ischemic stroke. Targeting diagnostic or therapeutic interventions to this subset may prove clinically useful.

Source: Stroke - September 22, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Tada, H., Shiffman, D., Smith, J. G., Sjogren, M., Lubitz, S. A., Ellinor, P. T., Louie, J. Z., Catanese, J. J., Engstrom, G., Devlin, J. J., Kathiresan, S., Melander, O. Tags: Genetics of Stroke Clinical Sciences Source Type: research