Genetic testing for heritable cardiovascular diseases in infants, children, and adolescents is reviewed in this scientific statement to guide diagnosis, clinical management, and prognosis.
This scientific statement coalesces existing literature to provide guidance on the unique challenges of genetic testing for cardiovascular disease in pediatric populations.
Genetic diseases that affect the cardiovascular system are relatively common and include cardiac channelopathies, cardiomyopathies, aortopathies, hypercholesterolemias, and structural diseases of the heart and great vessels. The rapidly expanding availability of clinical genetic testing leverages decades of research into the genetic origins of these diseases, helping inform diagnosis, clinical management, and prognosis. Although a number of guidelines and statements detail best practices for cardiovascular genetic testing, there is a paucity of pediatric-focused statements addressing the unique challenges in testing in this vulnerable population. In this scientific statement, we seek to coalesce the existing literature around the use of genetic testing for cardiovascular disease in infants, children, and adolescents.
Landstrom et al. (Fri,) conducted a review in Heritable Cardiovascular Diseases. Genetic testing was evaluated. Genetic testing for heritable cardiovascular diseases in infants, children, and adolescents is reviewed in this scientific statement to guide diagnosis, clinical management, and prognosis.