title: When to offer genetic testing for pulmonary arterial hypertension.
abstract: Genetic testing is poised to play a greater role in the diagnosis and management of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). Physicians who manage PAH should know the heritable PAH phenotypes, inheritance patterns, and responsible genes. They also should know indications, potential risks and benefits, and the issues surrounding genetic counselling and testing for patients with PAH.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Pediatrics and Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Wendy K
authors.initials: WK
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
authors.forename: Eric D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Austin
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah and ARUP Institute for Clinical and Experimental Pathology, ARUP Laboratories, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
authors.forename: D Hunter
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Best
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Intermountain Medical Center, Murray, Utah and Department of Medicine, the University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
authors.forename: Lynette M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Intermountain Medical Center, Murray, Utah and Department of Medicine, the University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. Electronic address: greg.elliott@imail.org.
authors.forename: C Gregory
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Elliott
mesh_terms: D005817:Genetic Counseling / Q000379:methods*; D005820:Genetic Testing / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics*; D013997:Time Factors
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