Investigating the Genetic Architecture of the PR Interval Using Clinical Phenotypes

Jonathan D Mosley1, M Benjamin Shoemaker2, Quinn S Wells2

  • 1From the Department of Medicine (J.D.M., M.B.S., Q.S.W., C.M.S., J.C.D., D.M.R.), Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center (T.L.E.), Department of Biomedical Informatics (L.B., J.C.D., D.M.R.), Department of Pharmacology (D.M.R.), Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN; Division of Cardiology, University of Illinois at Chicago (D.D.); Essentia Institute of Rural Health, Duluth, MN (C.A.M.); Center for Biomedical Research Informatics, NorthShore University Health System, Evanston, IL (W.T.); School of Medicine (C.G.C.), School of Public Health (C.G.C.), and School of Nursing (C.G.C.), Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Medicine (G.P.J.), Department of Genome Sciences (G.P.J.), Department of Biomedical Informatics (D.R.C.), Department of Medical Education (D.R.C.), University of Washington; Group Health Research Institute, Seattle, WA (E.B.L.); Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN (I.J.K.); Center for Genetic Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL (J.A.P.); Biomedical Informatics Research Center (P.L.P.), Center for Human Genetics (M.H.B., J.G.L.), Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation, WI; and Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco (J.S.W.). jonathan.d.mosley@vanderbilt.edu.

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