Whole Blood Gene Expression Differentiates between Atrial Fibrillation and Sinus Rhythm after Cardioversion

• Kripa Raman,

  Affiliations Population Health Research Institute, David Braley Cardiac, Vascular and Stroke Research Institute, 237 Barton Street East, Hamilton, ON, L8L 2X2, Canada, Thrombosis and Atherosclerosis Research Institute, David Braley Cardiac, Vascular and Stroke Research Institute, 237 Barton Street East, Hamilton, ON, L8L 2X2, Canada, Department of Medical Sciences, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON, L8S 4K1, Canada

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• Stefanie Aeschbacher,

  Affiliations Division of Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University Hospital Basel, Petersgraben 4, 4031, Basel, Switzerland, Cardiovascular Research Institute Basel, University Hospital Basel, Spitalstrasse 2, 4031, Basel, Switzerland

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• Matthias Bossard,

  Affiliations Population Health Research Institute, David Braley Cardiac, Vascular and Stroke Research Institute, 237 Barton Street East, Hamilton, ON, L8L 2X2, Canada, Cardiovascular Research Institute Basel, University Hospital Basel, Spitalstrasse 2, 4031, Basel, Switzerland, Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine, University Hospital Basel, Petersgraben 4, 4031, Basel, Switzerland, Division of Cardiology, Hamilton General Hospital, Hamilton Health Sciences, 237 Barton Street East, Hamilton, ON, L8L 2X2, Canada

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• Thomas Hochgruber,

  Affiliations Division of Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University Hospital Basel, Petersgraben 4, 4031, Basel, Switzerland, Cardiovascular Research Institute Basel, University Hospital Basel, Spitalstrasse 2, 4031, Basel, Switzerland

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• Andreas J. Zimmermann,

  Affiliations Division of Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University Hospital Basel, Petersgraben 4, 4031, Basel, Switzerland, Cardiovascular Research Institute Basel, University Hospital Basel, Spitalstrasse 2, 4031, Basel, Switzerland

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• Beat A. Kaufmann,

  Affiliation Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine, University Hospital Basel, Petersgraben 4, 4031, Basel, Switzerland

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• Katrin Pumpol,

  Affiliation Cardiovascular Research Institute Basel, University Hospital Basel, Spitalstrasse 2, 4031, Basel, Switzerland

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• Peter Rickenbacker,

  Affiliations Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine, University Hospital Basel, Petersgraben 4, 4031, Basel, Switzerland, Cardiology Division, Kantonsspital Bruderholz, 4101, Bruderholz, Switzerland

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• Guillaume Paré ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Guillaume Paré, David Conen

  Affiliations Population Health Research Institute, David Braley Cardiac, Vascular and Stroke Research Institute, 237 Barton Street East, Hamilton, ON, L8L 2X2, Canada, Thrombosis and Atherosclerosis Research Institute, David Braley Cardiac, Vascular and Stroke Research Institute, 237 Barton Street East, Hamilton, ON, L8L 2X2, Canada, Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON, L8S 4K1, Canada

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• David Conen

  Contributed equally to this work with: Guillaume Paré, David Conen

  * E-mail: david.conen@usb.ch

  Affiliations Division of Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University Hospital Basel, Petersgraben 4, 4031, Basel, Switzerland, Cardiovascular Research Institute Basel, University Hospital Basel, Spitalstrasse 2, 4031, Basel, Switzerland

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