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Gene of the Month
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Cardiology Today, October 2012
Brandon A. Roberts, MSc, MD; Robert Roberts, MD
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In an international consortium of 14 genome-wide association studies referred to as the Coronary Artery Disease Genome-wide Replication and Meta-Analysis,...More
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Gene of the Month
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Cardiology Today, June 2012
Brandon A. Roberts, MD, MSc; Robert Roberts, MD
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Utilizing genome-wide association studies, the deCODE group has identified a single nucleotide polymorphism in the alpha-myosin heavy chain — MYH6 —...More
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Gene of the Month
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Cardiology Today, April 2012
Brandon A. Roberts, MD, MSc; Robert Roberts, MD
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Genome-wide association studies in the past 5 years have identified multiple genetic risk variants predisposing to coronary artery disease.
Robert Roberts
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Gene of the Month
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Cardiology Today, August 2011
Robert Roberts, MD
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Robert Roberts
My laboratory while at Baylor College of Medicine had access to the DNA of a family in Newfoundland having several affected members with...More
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Gene of the Month
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Cardiology Today, June 2011
Robert Roberts, MD
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The year 2011 should go down in history as a genetic landfall for coronary artery disease.
In the past few months, more than 20 new genetic variants...More
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Gene of the Month
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Cardiology Today, April 2011
Robert Roberts, MD
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Isolated cardiac conduction defects are not uncommon in young and older individuals. The incidence of right bundle branch block is said to be about 0.3%...More
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Gene of the Month
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Cardiology Today, February 2011
Robert Roberts, MD
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It is estimated that approximately 20% of patients with thoracic aortic disease have a family history suggesting an inherited predisposition.
The usual...More
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Gene of the Month
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Cardiology Today, September 2010
Brandon Roberts, MSc; Robert Roberts, MD
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Genetics of CVD received a great boost in the 1990s with the discovery by Harvards Christine Seidman, MD, of the first gene for hypertrophic...More
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Gene of the Month
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Cardiology Today, July 2010
Brandon Roberts, MSc; Robert Roberts, MD
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The first gene predisposing to atrial fibrillation has been identified by genome-wide association studies and the second mapped by two independent groups,...More
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Gene of the Month
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Cardiology Today, January 2008
Robert Roberts, MD
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Robert Roberts
Brugada Syndrome, identified in the 1990’s, is an autosomal dominant form of hereditary arrhythmia consisting of right bundle branch block...More
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