TY - JOUR
T1 - Enhancing Literacy in Cardiovascular Genetics
T2 - A Scientific Statement from the American Heart Association
AU - Mital, Seema
AU - Musunuru, Kiran
AU - Garg, Vidu
AU - Russell, Mark W.
AU - Lanfear, David E.
AU - Gupta, Rajat M.
AU - Hickey, Kathleen T.
AU - Ackerman, Michael J.
AU - Perez, Marco V.
AU - Roden, Dan M.
AU - Woo, Daniel
AU - Fox, Caroline S.
AU - Ware, Stephanie
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 American Heart Association, Inc.
PY - 2016/10/1
Y1 - 2016/10/1
N2 - Advances in genomics are enhancing our understanding of the genetic basis of cardiovascular diseases, both congenital and acquired, and stroke. These advances include finding genes that cause or increase the risk for childhood and adult-onset diseases, finding genes that influence how patients respond to medications, and the development of genetics-guided therapies for diseases. However, the ability of cardiovascular and stroke clinicians to fully understand and apply this knowledge to the care of their patients has lagged. This statement addresses what the specialist caring for patients with cardiovascular diseases and stroke should know about genetics; how they can gain this knowledge; how they can keep up-to-date with advances in genetics, genomics, and pharmacogenetics; and how they can apply this knowledge to improve the care of patients and families with cardiovascular diseases and stroke.
AB - Advances in genomics are enhancing our understanding of the genetic basis of cardiovascular diseases, both congenital and acquired, and stroke. These advances include finding genes that cause or increase the risk for childhood and adult-onset diseases, finding genes that influence how patients respond to medications, and the development of genetics-guided therapies for diseases. However, the ability of cardiovascular and stroke clinicians to fully understand and apply this knowledge to the care of their patients has lagged. This statement addresses what the specialist caring for patients with cardiovascular diseases and stroke should know about genetics; how they can gain this knowledge; how they can keep up-to-date with advances in genetics, genomics, and pharmacogenetics; and how they can apply this knowledge to improve the care of patients and families with cardiovascular diseases and stroke.
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U2 - 10.1161/HCG.0000000000000031
DO - 10.1161/HCG.0000000000000031
M3 - Article
C2 - 27672144
AN - SCOPUS:84992437572
SN - 1942-325X
VL - 9
SP - 448
EP - 467
JO - Circulation: Cardiovascular Genetics
JF - Circulation: Cardiovascular Genetics
IS - 5
ER -
