Genetic Testing for Inherited Cardiovascular Diseases: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association
Cardiac Genetic Testing can be used to:
- Clarify the diagnosis in a person who has, or is suspected to have, inherited heart disease
- Identify the cause of heart disease in a family
- Predict which family members are at-risk to develop the family’s heart condition
- Provide options for family planning, including preimplantation genetic diagnosis to try to avoid passing a disease-causing mutation to offspring
Cancer and cardiovascular are the two biggest causes of death.
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