Search Tag: gene testing

Cardiology Management

Gene-testing-to-prevent-sudden-cardiac-death-in-athletes

2022 21 Jun

New recommendations published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology highlight the use of gene testing to prevent sudden cardiac death in athletes and enable safe exercise.  The new guidelines focus on the athletes who should be tested and when they should be tested. It is also recommended that the athletes who undergo genetic testing...Read more

Cardiology Management

Genetically-personalised-care-for-aortic-aneurysms

2015 21 Jul

A study published in The Annals of Thoracic Surgery outlines the work of researchers at the Aortic Institute at Yale who have tested the genomes of more than 100 patients with thoracic aortic aneurysms and have provided personalised care. It is believed that their work could lead to the development of a "dictionary" of genes specific to the disease. ...Read more