Structural Heart Disease: Genetic Influences

doi:10.1017/9781108564434.014

Chapter 13 - Structural Heart Disease: Genetic Influences

from Structural Heart Disease in the Fetus

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 October 2019

Catherine L. Mercer and

Edited by

Anthony Johnson and

Mark D. Kilby: Affiliation:
University of Birmingham
Anthony Johnson: Affiliation:
University of Texas Medical School at Houston
Dick Oepkes: Affiliation:
Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum

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Our understanding about the genetic influences on human disease has increased dramatically with the technological developments in genome and DNA analysis and the discovery of the human genome sequence. Whilst much remains unexplained, it is obvious that normal cardiac development is controlled by the genome and there is significant evidence that a proportion of cardiac malformations are caused by genetic factors. This is important for clinicians as an understanding of confirmed genetic factors is essential to estimate recurrence risks of congenital heart disease (CHD) within families and also screen for predicted associated anomalies. An accurate genetic diagnosis can provide important prognostic information for both the initial patient (proband) and other family members, for whom further genetic investigations may be indicated. There is likely to be a continued increase in demand for such investigations as improvement in surgical and medical management allows more individuals with CHD to survive to reproductive age and have families of their own. For some, the recurrence risk for a cardiac malformation may be as high as 50%; the actual figure varies with different genetic diagnoses. Accurate risk stratification is likely to become increasingly important and the rapidly developing technologies to detect genetic variation mean that genome-wide investigation is becoming more widely available in the clinical setting. An aim of this chapter is to introduce clinicians to principles that will help them embrace and understand the results from these investigations and appreciate the implications they have for their patients.

Type: Chapter
Information: Fetal Therapy
Scientific Basis and Critical Appraisal of Clinical Benefits
, pp. 123 - 132

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108564434.014 [Opens in a new window]

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Print publication year: 2020

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