Article
Diagnostic yield in victims of sudden cardiac death and their relatives.
Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology - 1 Jun 2020
Hansen Benjamin Lautrup, Jacobsen Elisabeth Mütze, Kjerrumgaard Amalie, Tfelt-Hansen Jacob, Winkel Bo Gregers, Bundgaard Henning, Christensen Alex Hørby
Abstract excerpt
AIMS: International guidelines recommend cardiogenetic screening in families with sudden cardiac death (SCD) if the suspected cause is an inherited cardiac disease. The aim was to assess the diagnostic yield of inherited cardiac diseases in consecutively referred SCD families. METHODS AND RESULTS: In this single-centre retrospective study, we consecutively included families referred to our tertiary unit between...
Topics
- Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia
- Death, Sudden, Cardiac
- Female
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Genetic Testing
- Humans
- Male
- Retrospective Studies