Circulation Genomic and Precision Medicine

Rare Cardiac Genetic Variation Is Associated With Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation

By Zhanlin Chen, Anirudha S. Chandrabhatla, Anna Pfenniger, Gregory Webster

Cohort study of 49,913 peoplePopulations

5 years

The paper

Zhanlin Chen, Anirudha S. Chandrabhatla, Anna Pfenniger, Gregory Webster

Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute; Lurie Children's Hospital

Circulation Genomic and Precision Medicine, 30 Sep 2026

doi.org/10.1161/circgen.125.005688 PubMed 42813281

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