
Sean Jurgens
@jurgenssean
MD PhD MSc | Enthusiast for population genetics, statistical genetics, and cardiovascular sciences 🧬🫀🧬 Amsterdam UMC & Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
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18-12-2019 12:16:10
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Is slow heart rate or conduction block heritable? Check out our new meta-analysis Nature Genetics incl common (~1.3m individuals) + rare (~400k) variants for bradyarrhythmias and conduction dz. Co-led w/ Lu-Chen Weng Joel Rämö Sean Jurgens Broad Institute ! nature.com/articles/s4158…


In a new study, Mass General Heart researchers and collaborators identified genetic variants associated with common cardiac rhythm disorders. The findings are published in Nature Genetics. Read more: massgeneralbrigham.org/en/about/newsr… doi.org/10.1038/s41588… Lu-Chen Weng Joel Rämö Sean Jurgens


Researchers identified new genetic links to #HypertrophicCardiomyopathy, an inherited heart condition that can lead to enlargement and thickening of the heart muscle: go.nature.com/4ictvdD Nature Genetics #CardioTwitter #Genomics


Now on medRxiv, we explore the genetic similarity between dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) and peripartum, alcohol-induced, and cancer therapy-related cardiomyopathies (PPCM, ALCM, CCM). Led by star trio Dimitri Maamari, MD, Kiran Biddinger, and Sean Jurgens. medrxiv.org/content/10.110…


Atrial fibrillation is far more heritable than generally perceived. Two new reports Nature Genetics identify many more linked genomic variants and a refined polygenic risk score Patrick Ellinor nature.com/articles/s4158… nature.com/articles/s4158…


Two new papers in Nature Genetics from Patrick Ellinor and team Expanding genetic discovery of rare, structural and common variation in atrial fibrillation Sequencing >50K cases nature.com/articles/s4158… GWAS >180K cases nature.com/articles/s4158…