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Background Atrial fibrillation, the most common sustained cardiac-rhythm disturbance, affects over 2 million Americans and accounts for one third of all strokes in patients over 65 years of age. The molecular basis for atrial fibrillation is unknown, and palliative therapy is used to control the ventricular rate and prevent systemic emboli. We identified a family of 26 members of whom 10 had atrial fibrillation that segregated as an autosomal dominant disease. We subsequently identified two additional families in which the disease was linked to the same locus.

Methods We screened the human genome with 300 polymorphic dinucleotide-repeat markers using an unconventional strategy of pooling the DNA samples into two groups (affected and unaffected), which reduced the sample size by approximately 90 percent, before performing linkage analysis to map the locus. This made it possible to identify potential loci within a few weeks.

Results The lod scores for markers D10S569 and D10S607, located at 10q22–q24, were 3.60 in Family 1. The disease locus in Families 2 and 3 was also linked to the same markers, with lod scores of 6.02 and 5.35 for markers D10S569 and D10S607, respectively, when data on all three families were combined. Haplotype analysis of the three families showed that the locus was between D10S1694 and D10S1786, an interval of 11.3 centimorgans.

Conclusions Identification of the gene for familial atrial fibrillation will help to elucidate the molecular basis of the disease and provide insights into acquired forms. The strategy of pooling DNA samples for analysis is more time and cost effective than conventional screening and should accelerate the process of gene mapping in the future.

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From the Department of Cardiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston (R.B., T.T., G.Z.C., A.J.M., A.I., L.L.B., R.R.); the Cardiac Arrhythmia Service, Department of Cardiology, Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain (L.M., J.B.); and the Department of Cardiology, Hospital Materno–Infantil Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain (J.G., A.D.).

Address reprint requests to Dr. Roberts at Baylor College of Medicine, 6550 Fannin, MS SM677, Houston, TX 77030.

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