HEREDITARY CARDIACTEST
WHY GENETIC TESTING?
WHY GENETIC TESTING?
IN THE
UNITED STATES
SOMEONE HAS A HEART ATTACK EVERY 34 SECONDS.
EVERY
60 SECONDS
SOMEONE DIES FROM A HEART DISEASE RELATED EVENT.
CORONARY HEART DISEASE
(CHD) IS THE MOST COMMON
TYPE OF HEART DISEASE,
KILLING 380,000 PEOPLE
ANNUALLY
WHY GENETIC TESTING?
GENETIC INFLUENCES MAKE UP 48% OF RISK FOR CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE.
MANY ARRHYTHMIA'S HAVE A GENETIC, OR INHERITED, COMPONENT, THESE ARE CALLED INHERITED HEART CONDITIONS(IHC). GENETIC TESTING IS USED TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT SOMEONE IS AT RISK OFA POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS ARRHYTHMIA BECAUSE OF HIS OR HER FAMILY HISTORY.
CARDIOMYOPATHY
ABCC9 ACTC1 ACTN2 ANKRD1 BAG3 CRYAB CSRP3 DES DMD DOLK
DSC2 DSG2 DSP DTNA EYA4 GATAD1 LAMP2 LMNA MURC MYBPC3
MYH11 MYH6 MYH7 MYL2 MYL3 MYOZ2 PKP2 PLN PRKAG2 RYR2
SCN5A SGCD SLC25A4 TAZ TCAP TNNC1 TNNI3 TNNT2 TTN
CARDIO ARRHYTHMIA
ABCC9
CACNA1C
CACNA2D1
CALM1
CASQ2
CAV3
GPD1L
HCN4
KCND3
KCNE2
KCNH2
KCNJ2
KCNJ8
KCNQ1
LMNA
MYH6
MNKX2-5
PRKAG2
RYR2
SCN1B
SCN2B
SCN3B
SCN4B
SCN5A
COMPREHENSIVE
ABCC9
ACTA2
ACTC1
ACTN2
ANKRD1
BAG3
CACNA1C
CACNA2D1
CALM1
CASQ2
CAV3
CRYAB
CSRP3
DES
DMD
DOLK
DSC2
DSG2
DSP
DTNA
ELN
EYA4
FBN1
GATAD1
GPD1L
HCN4
KCND3
KCNE2
KCNH2
KCNJ5
KCNJ8
KCNQ1
LAMP2
LMNA
MURC
MYBPC3
MYH11
MYH6
MYH7
MYL2
MYL3
MYOZ2
NKX2-5
PKP2
PLN
PRKAG2
RYR2
SCN1B
SCN2B
SCN3B
SCN4B
SCN5A
SCO2
SGCD
SCL2A10
SLC25A4
TAZ
TBX20
TBX5
TCAP
TGFB3
TNNC1
TNNI3
TNNT2
TTN
TTR
Our ultimate goal is to improve health outcomes and to improve the quality of life for all patients.
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