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Genetic Testing

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Electrical Diseases of the Heart

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Through advances in molecular medicine, the previous several decades of research have elucidated the fundamental genetic substrates underlying over 4000 genetic disorders, most of which are rare. Currently nearly 1000 genetic tests (www. genetest.org) are available clinically and are offered by more than 600 diagnostic laboratories worldwide. In addition, numerous genetic tests are available on a research basis.

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  1. Departments of Medicine, Pediatrics, and Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics Divisions of Cardiovascular Diseases, Pediatric Cardiology Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN, USA

    David J. Tester BS (Senior Research Technologist II)

  2. Sudden Arrhythmia Death Syndromes (SADS) Foundation, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN, USA

    Michael J. Ackerman MD, PhD, FACC (Professor of Medicine, Pediatrics and Pharmacology Consultant, Cardiovascular Disease and Pediatric Cardiology, Director Long QT Syndrome Clinic and the Mayo Clinic Windland Smith Rice Sudden Death, Genomics Laboratory President)

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  1. Cardiovascular Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Ridgefield, CT, USA

    Ihor Gussak MD, PhD, FACC (Deputy Therapeutic Area Head, Professor of Pharmacology) (Deputy Therapeutic Area Head, Professor of Pharmacology)

  2. Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Bridgewater, NJ, USA

    Ihor Gussak MD, PhD, FACC (Deputy Therapeutic Area Head, Professor of Pharmacology) (Deputy Therapeutic Area Head, Professor of Pharmacology)

  3. Gordon K. Moe Scholar Masonic Medical Research Laboratory, Utica, NY, USA

    Charles Antzelevitch PhD, FACC, FAHA, FHRS (Executive Director and Director of Research) (Executive Director and Director of Research)

  4. Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA

    Charles Antzelevitch PhD, FACC, FAHA, FHRS (Executive Director and Director of Research) (Executive Director and Director of Research)

  5. Heart Failure Research Center Department of Clinical and Experimental Cardiology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Arthur A. M. Wilde MD, PhD, FESC, FAHA (Professor) (Professor)

  6. Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN, USA

    Paul A. Friedman MD (Professor of Medicine) & Michael J. Ackerman MD, PhD, FACC (Professor of Medicine, Pediatrics and Pharmacology, Consultant Cardiovascular Disease and Pediatric Cardiology, Director Long QT Syndrome Clinic and the Mayo Clinic Windland Smith Rice Sudden Death Genomics) (Professor of Medicine) &  (Professor of Medicine, Pediatrics and Pharmacology, Consultant Cardiovascular Disease and Pediatric Cardiology, Director Long QT Syndrome Clinic and the Mayo Clinic Windland Smith Rice Sudden Death Genomics)

  7. Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN, USA

    Win-Kuang Shen MD (Consultant, Professor of Medicine) (Consultant, Professor of Medicine)

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Tester, D.J., Ackerman, M.J. (2008). Genetic Testing. In: Gussak, I., Antzelevitch, C., Wilde, A.A.M., Friedman, P.A., Ackerman, M.J., Shen, WK. (eds) Electrical Diseases of the Heart. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84628-854-8_31

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