[The genome and cardiology].
Several cardiac diseases are autosomal dominantly inherited. This includes cardiomyopathies, primary arrhythmias (channelopathies), dyslipidaemias, premature ischaemic heart diseases and diseases of the thoracic aorta. Sudden cardiac death in the young is also often due to one of the inherited cardiac diseases. Clinical and genetic cascade family screening of the relatives to patients with inherited cardiac diseases is now organized in a national network of centres of cardiology, sharing pedigrees, clinical and genetic information. This gives unique opportunities for offering focused prophylaxis in the group of high-risk relatives.
Rigshospitalets Enhed for Arvelige Hjerte-sygdomme, Hjertecentret, Rigshospitalet, Blegdamsvej 9, 2100 København Ø. henningbundgaard@dadlnet.dk.
Henning
H
Bundgaard
Birgitte Rode
BR
Diness
Jacob
J
Tfelt-Hansen
Finn Lund
FL
Henriksen
Ole
O
Eschen
Flemming
F
Skovby
Ole
O
Havndrup
Henrik Kjærulf
HK
Jensen
Anne
A
Tybjærg-Hansen
D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Q000209:etiology; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D005820:Genetic Testing; D015894:Genome, Human; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans