Genetic Cardio Test: genetic testing for heart diseases
Genetic Cardio Test is a sophisticated genetic test for the diagnosis of hereditary cardiovascular diseases.
The examination is based on the sequencing of the complete exome and the study of 100 genes selected by a team of experts specialised in the classification of variants in the field of heart disease.
Hereditary heart conditions analysed by the Genetic Cardio Test include:
- Primary cardiomyopathies
- Metabolic cardiomyopathies
- Channelopathies – Arrhythmias
- Syndromes with vascular implications
- RASopathies
- Other syndromes related to heart diseases
- Other risk factors (Ischaemic heart disease)
The test also includes pre- and post-examination counselling by geneticists and the possibility of extending the analysis to other genes of interest to the specialist.
The sequencing data obtained is archived so that the patient can be informed and benefit from scientific advances in knowledge about any gene alterations detected at the time of the test, but which at the time were not related to specific diseases.
This simple and accurate test is performed on a sample of blood or saliva.
Sample types
This simple and accurate test is performed on a sample of blood or saliva.
Why take a Genetic Cardio Test?
Some heart diseases are hereditary and are caused by DNA mutations that can be detected through this genetic test. Knowing the presence of a genetic mutation in apparently healthy children, adolescents and adults allows you to take preventive action and develop personalised therapies and/or lifestyles.
For this reason, the Genetic Cardio Test is particularly suitable for:
- patients with a clinical suspicion or diagnosis of cardiovascular disease;
- patients at high risk for hereditary familial risk;
- amateur athletes or professionals who wish to investigate the risk of heart disease.
Thanks to precision medicine and genetic diagnosis, the mortality rate linked to hereditary heart diseases could be greatly reduced.
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