title: Genetic diagnostics and genetic counselling in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM).
abstract: DUTCH PROFESSIONAL GROUPS INVOLVED IN DRAWING UP THIS GUIDELINE: cardiologists, paediatric cardiologists, clinical geneticists, clinical molecular geneticists, genetic counsellors, psychosocial workers, associated with or cooperating with the university hospitals' outpatient clinics for cardiogenetics.Approved by the NVVC, VKGN and NVK (paediatric cardiology section).NVVC - Nederlandse Vereniging voor Cardiologie - Dutch Society for Cardiology; VKGN - Vereniging Klinische Genetica Nederland - the Netherlands Society for Clinical Genetics; NVK - Nederlandse Vereniging Kindergeneeskunde - Dutch Society for Paediatrics.First published in Dutch in June 2009.