Cardiogenetic Conditions, Diagnostics & Treatments
The Smidt Heart Institute Cardiogenetics Program offers genetic testing and counseling to patients and families with history of a number of genetic conditions.
Those inherited conditions include:
- Athlete's heart due to hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- Brugada syndrome
- Cardiomyopathies
- Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy
- Familial dilated cardiomyopathy
- Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- Left ventricular noncompaction cardiomyopathy
- Peripartum cardiomyopathy
- Catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia
- Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS)
- Familial amyloidosis
- Familial atrial fibrillation
- Familial hypercholesterolemia
- Idiopathic ventricular fibrillation
- Loeys-Dietz syndrome
- Long QT syndrome
- Marfan syndrome
- Progressive conduction system disease
- Short QT syndrome
- Sudden cardiac arrest
- Thoracic aortic aneurysms (TAA)
Diagnostics
- Clinical screening
- Family genetic counseling
- Genetic testing and interpretation of testing results
- Inpatient and outpatient consultations
Treatments
- Device-based therapies
- Defibrillators
- Pacemakers
- Multidisciplinary treatment team
- Cardiac Surgery
- Electrophysiology
- Interventional Cardiology
- Patient's specific medical therapy
- Seamless coordinated care with cardiologists and primary care physicians
Have Questions or Need Help?
Call us or send a message to the Cardiogenetics Program team. You can also have us call you back at your convenience.