Clinical Cardiogenetics

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Baars, Hubert F. (Editor), Doevendans, Pieter A. F. M. (Editor), Houweling, Arjan C. (Editor), van Tintelen, J. Peter (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2017.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Human genetics.; Cardiology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Human Genetics.

This extensively revised second edition provides a thorough basic knowledge on the genetic aspects of cardiovascular disorders. Many cardiologists have not been specifically trained in genetics, let alone in explaining genetics to their patients. While clinics for cardiogenetic disorders have been e...

Table of Contents:

• Molecular Genetics
• Clinical genetics
• Differential diagnosis of cardiomyopathies
• Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
• Dilated Cardiomyopathy
• Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy
• Non-Compaction Cardiomyopathy
• Hereditary neuromuscular diseases and cardiac involvement
• Fabry disease
• Long QT Syndrome
• Brugada Syndrome
• Short QT Syndrome
• Cathecholaminergic Polymorphic VT
• Sudden death and Idiopathic Ventricular Fibrillation
• Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Dissection
• Bicuspid aortic valve
• Premature coronary artery disease.