What you should know:
1. AHA documented what it knows and does not know about genetic testing around cardiovascular diseases.
2. Four diseases may have a genetic component: cardiomyopathies, thoracic aortic aneurysms and dissections, arrhythmic disorders, and familial hypercholesterolemia.
3. AHA said clinicians should work with patients to get a family medical history before considering genetic testing. The history should ideally go back three generations to determine if there’s a history of heart disease. AHA recommends only using genetic testing for patients “with a confirmed or suspected diagnosis of an inherited cardiovascular disease or for individuals at high risk due to a previously identified disease-causing variant.”
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