Cardiac imaging of aortic valve area from 26,142 UK Biobank participants reveal novel genetic associations and shared genetic comorbidity with multiple disease …

A Córdova-Palomera, C Tcheandjieu, J Fries, P Varma… - medRxiv, 2020 - medrxiv.org
The aortic valve is an important determinant of cardiovascular physiology and anatomic
location of common human diseases. From a sample of 26,142 European-ancestry …

Cardiac imaging of aortic valve area from 34 287 UK Biobank participants reveals novel genetic associations and shared genetic comorbidity with multiple disease …

A Córdova-Palomera, C Tcheandjieu… - Circulation: Genomic …, 2020 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: The aortic valve is an important determinant of cardiovascular physiology and
anatomic location of common human diseases. Methods: From a sample of 34 287 white …

Genome-wide analysis yields new loci associating with aortic valve stenosis

A Helgadottir, G Thorleifsson, S Gretarsdottir… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Aortic valve stenosis (AS) is the most common valvular heart disease, and valve
replacement is the only definitive treatment. Here we report a large genome-wide …

Genome-wide association meta-analysis in 652,134 participants identifies 9 novel susceptibility loci for aortic stenosis

HY Chen, AM Small, C Dina, BJ Cairns… - European Heart …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Background Aortic stenosis (AS) is the most common form of incident valvular heart disease.
While valve replacement is effective, the absence of an approved medical therapy provides …

High heritability of ascending aortic diameter and trans-ancestry prediction of thoracic aortic disease

C Tcheandjieu, K Xiao, H Tejeda, JA Lynch… - Nature Genetics, 2022 - nature.com
Enlargement of the aorta is an important risk factor for aortic aneurysm and dissection, a
leading cause of morbidity in the developed world. Here we performed automated extraction …

Genome-wide association study of CMR image-based aortic stiffness in 45,789 individuals identifies loci linked with cardiovascular diseases

N Paliwal, A Henry, C Finan, R Davies… - European Heart …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Background The use of artificial intelligence on large-scale cardiac magnetic resonance
(CMR) imaging data has enabled detailed characterisation of cardiac shape and function for …

A population-based phenome-wide association study of cardiac and aortic structure and function

W Bai, H Suzuki, J Huang, C Francis, S Wang… - Nature medicine, 2020 - nature.com
Differences in cardiac and aortic structure and function are associated with cardiovascular
diseases and a wide range of other types of disease. Here we analyzed cardiovascular …

High heritability of ascending aortic diameter and multi-ethnic prediction of thoracic aortic disease

C Tcheandjieu, K Xiao, H Tejeda, JA Lynch… - MedRXiV, 2020 - medrxiv.org
Enlargement of the aorta is an important risk factor for aortic aneurysm and dissection, a
leading cause of morbidity in the developed world. While Mendelian genetics account for a …

Genome wide association studies on three-dimensional aortic geometric indices measured with magnetic resonance imaging

C Beeche, MJ Dib, JD Azzo, H Maynard… - European Heart …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Introduction To date, three-dimensional properties of the aorta have not been
comprehensively quantified in a population level dataset, nor has there been a genome …

Spatially distinct genetic determinants of aortic dimensions influence risks of aneurysm and stenosis

M Nekoui, JP Pirruccello, P Di Achille, SH Choi… - Journal of the American …, 2022 - jacc.org
Background The left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) and ascending aorta are spatially
complex, with distinct pathologies and embryologic origins. Prior work examined the …