Results of EURAC collaboration published in “Nature
Genetics”
Cardiac arrhythmia is a frequent occurrence: according to
the WHO, 33.5 million people all over the world are affected by atrial
fibrillation this being just one of
many different kinds of arrhythmia. A global research consortium, of which the
EURAC Center for Biomedicine in Bozen-Bolzano is a member, has now identified
23 new genes which control both the heart rhythm and the length of the
so-called QT interval. The study was further enhanced by data provided by
participants from South Tyrol. The results, which open up new pathways for
early diagnosis and treatment, have just been published in the medical journal
“Nature Genetics”.