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Genetic testing for specific cardiomyopathies can confirm clinical diagnoses, provide added value in risk stratification, and identify mutation carriers among relatives for preventive treatment.
Provides an overview of indications and challenges concerning genetic testing for specific cardiomyopathies.
An increasing number of genetic tests for cardiomyopathies are becoming available for clinical use. This commentary will give a short overview of indications and challenges concerning genetic testing for these conditions.
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Haugaa et al. (2009) conducted a review in Cardiomyopathies. Genetic testing was evaluated. Genetic testing for specific cardiomyopathies can confirm clinical diagnoses, provide added value in risk stratification, and identify mutation carriers among relatives for preventive treatment.
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