Large-scale genetic testing turned up pathogenic variants for inherited cardiomyopathies in a meaningful proportion of the ...

When it comes to genetic testing for cardiomyopathy and heart arrhythmias, the bigger the test panel, the better, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study. In fact, the combined testing approach ...

From these positive results, 10.9% of the evaluable patients would have been missed had they only had a condition-specific panel, rather than the combined arrhythmia and myopathy genetic test.

Medical researchers have produced comprehensive guidelines on the use of genetic testing in the clinical management of inherited heart rhythm disorders. The Canadian Cardiovascular Society and ...

In a disease such as long QT syndrome (a disorder of the heart's electrical system) or catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (an inherited arrhythmia) genetic testing can identify ...

AF is the most common sustained cardiac arrhythmia and is associated with ... Should one be identified, appropriate genetic testing for the ventricular syndrome is recommended." ...

Since the boy’s autopsy report seemingly failed to explain his death, more than 20 of his relatives underwent genetic testing for heart ... fatal heart rhythms, or arrhythmias.

Hereditary arrhythmia syndromes are rare, but early diagnosis can markedly reduce the risk of sudden cardiac death. This is the more important because those affected are often young, ...