2017
Application of Whole Exome Sequencing in the Clinical Diagnosis and Management of Inherited Cardiovascular Diseases in Adults
Seidelmann SB, Smith E, Subrahmanyan L, Dykas D, Abou Ziki MD, Azari B, Hannah-Shmouni F, Jiang Y, Akar JG, Marieb M, Jacoby D, Bale AE, Lifton RP, Mani A. Application of Whole Exome Sequencing in the Clinical Diagnosis and Management of Inherited Cardiovascular Diseases in Adults. Circulation Genomic And Precision Medicine 2017, 10: e001573. PMID: 28087566, PMCID: PMC5245580, DOI: 10.1161/circgenetics.116.001573.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWhole-exome sequencingSudden cardiac deathCardiovascular diseaseClinical diagnosisExome sequencingCardiac deathInherited cardiovascular diseaseCentre of careNovel candidate genesValuable screening toolAdult patientsRisk stratificationPrimary insultCardiac functionGenetic testingScreening toolDiagnosisCVD genesGenetic causeCardiovascular geneticsGenetic panelSuccess rateExome databasesPotential disease associationsPatients
2014
Plasma Cardiotrophin‐1 Levels are Associated With Hypertensive Heart Disease: A Meta‐Analysis
Song K, Wang S, Huang B, Luciano A, Srivastava R, Mani A. Plasma Cardiotrophin‐1 Levels are Associated With Hypertensive Heart Disease: A Meta‐Analysis. Journal Of Clinical Hypertension 2014, 16: 686-692. PMID: 25052897, PMCID: PMC4159421, DOI: 10.1111/jch.12376.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCT-1 levelsPlasma CT-1 levelsHypertensive heart diseaseHeart failureLeft ventricular hypertrophyVentricular hypertrophyCardiotrophin-1Hypertensive patientsHeart diseaseHypertension-induced left ventricular hypertrophyCardiotrophin-1 levelsSmall independent studiesHypertension-induced hypertrophyInterleukin-6 cytokineNormotensive patientsSerum levelsSubgroup analysisCardiac hypertrophyNovel biomarkersHypertensionPatientsElectronic databasesHypertrophyMeta-AnalysisStandardized algorithm