Getting Personal: Omics Of The Heart

Jane Ferguson: Hello. Welcome to episode 19 of Getting Personal: Omics of the Heart, the issue from August 2018. I am Jane Ferguson, and this podcast is brought to you by the Circulation: Genomic and Precision Medicine Journal and the American Heart Association Council on Genomic and Precision Medicine. Before I dive into the papers from this month, a reminder that early bird registration for AHA Scientific Sessions runs until September 4th, so go register now if you haven't already to take advantage of reduced rates. The meeting will be held in Chicago from November 10th through 12th, and it's the first year of the new three-day meeting format. It's already promising to be a really great meeting, and I'm hoping to see a lot of you there.     The August issue has a number of really interesting papers. First up, Gardar Sveinbjornsson, Eva Olafsdottir, Kari Stefansson, and colleagues from deCODE genetics-Amgen report that variants in NKX2-5 and FLNC cause dilated cardiomyopathy and sudden cardiac de