Nature Communications (Sep 2020)

Chromosome 1q21.2 and additional loci influence risk of spontaneous coronary artery dissection and myocardial infarction

  • Jacqueline Saw,
  • Min-Lee Yang,
  • Mark Trinder,
  • Catherine Tcheandjieu,
  • Chang Xu,
  • Andrew Starovoytov,
  • Isabelle Birt,
  • Michael R. Mathis,
  • Kristina L. Hunker,
  • Ellen M. Schmidt,
  • Linda Jackson,
  • Natalia Fendrikova-Mahlay,
  • Matthew Zawistowski,
  • Chad M. Brummett,
  • Sebastian Zoellner,
  • Alexander Katz,
  • Dawn M. Coleman,
  • Kirby Swan,
  • Christopher J. O’Donnell,
  • Million Veteran Program,
  • Xiang Zhou,
  • Jun Z. Li,
  • Heather L. Gornik,
  • Themistocles L. Assimes,
  • James C. Stanley,
  • Liam R. Brunham,
  • Santhi K. Ganesh

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17558-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is a cause of myocardial infarction Here, the authors present a genome-wide association study of SCAD, finding an association at 1q21.2 which potentially affects expression of ADAMTSL4.