European Heart Rhythm Association (<scp>EHRA</scp>)/Heart Rhythm Society (<scp>HRS</scp>)/Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society (<scp>APHRS</scp>)/Latin American Heart Rhythm Society (<scp>LAHRS</scp>) Expert Consensus Statement on the state of genetic testing for cardiac diseases

Arthur A.M. Wilde(ERN GUARD-Heart), Christopher Semsarian(Centenary Institute), Manlio F. Márquez(Instituto Nacional de Cardiología), Alireza Sepehri Shamloo(Leipzig Heart Institute), Michael J. Ackerman(Heart Rhythm Society), Euan A. Ashley(Stanford Medicine), Back Sternick Eduardo(Biocor Institute), Héctor Barajas-Martínez(Lankenau Institute for Medical Research), Elijah R. Behr(St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust), Connie R. Bezzina(Amsterdam University Medical Centers), Jeroen Breckpot(ERN GUARD-Heart), Philippe Charron(Centre d'Économie de la Sorbonne), Priya Chockalingam(California Wellness Foundation), Lia Crotti(ERN GUARD-Heart), Michael H. Gollob(University of Toronto), Steven A. Lubitz(Harvard University), Naomasa Makita(National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center), Seiko Ohno(National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center), Martín Ortiz‐Genga(Heart Rhythm Society), Luciana Sacilotto(Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo), Eric Schulze‐Bahr(University Hospital Münster), Wataru Shimizu(Cardiovascular Institute Hospital), Nona Sotoodehnia(University of Washington), Rafik Tadros(Montreal Heart Institute), James S. Ware(Imperial College London), David S. Winlaw(Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center), Elizabeth S. Kaufman(Case Western Reserve University), Takeshi Aiba(National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center), Andreas Bollmann(Leipzig Heart Institute), Jong‐Il Choi(Korea University), Aarti Dalal(Vanderbilt University), Francisco Darrieux(Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo), John Giudicessi(Mayo Clinic in Arizona), Mariana Guerchicoff(Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires), Kui Hong(Nanchang University), Andrew D. Krahn(University of British Columbia), Ciorsti Mac Intyre(Heart Rhythm Society), Judith A. Mackall(University Hospitals of Cleveland), Lluı́s Mont(Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red), Carlo Napolitano(Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri), Pablo Ochoa Juan(Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red), Petr Peichl(Institute of Clinical and Experimental Medicine), Alexandre C. Pereira(Universidade de São Paulo), Peter J. Schwartz(Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico), Jon Skinner(The University of Sydney), Christoph Stellbrink(Klinikum Bielefeld), Jacob Tfelt‐Hansen(Copenhagen University Hospital), Thomas Deneke(European Society of Cardiology)
Journal of Arrhythmia
April 4, 2022
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Abstract

This document addresses essential principles of genetic testing including modes of inheritance, different testing methodologies, and interpretation of variants. Additionally, the document presents the state of genetic testing for inherited arrhythmia syndromes, cardiomyopathies, sudden cardiac death (SCD), congenital heart disease (CHD), coronary artery disease, and heart failure. A discussion of aortopathies and hyperlipidaemia is beyond the scope of this document.


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