title: Genetics and arrhythmias: diagnostic and prognostic applications.
abstract: This review article discusses the genetic bases of cardiac arrest with a specific focus on cardiac channelopathies and right ventricular cardiomyopathy. We review the appropriate use of genetic testing in those patients suspected to have inherited cardiac arrhythmias, highlighting the importance of most genotype-phenotype correlations for risk stratification. The article also presents the most recent views on diagnostic criteria and flowcharts for treatment of patients with inherited arrhythmogenic diseases.
authors.affiliation: Medicina Molecolare, IRCCS Fondazione Salvatore Maugeri, Pavía, Italy.
authors.forename: Nicola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Monteforte
authors.forename: Carlo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Napolitano
authors.forename: Silvia G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Priori
mesh_terms: D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics*; D053840:Brugada Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics; D004562:Electrocardiography; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D005820:Genetic Testing; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D008133:Long QT Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics; D011379:Prognosis; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics; D018497:Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics