Estudio en familiares de pacientes con miocardiopatías

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and a percentage of cases of dilated cardiomyopathy are hereditary diseases, with an uncertain prognosis, very serious at times. It is therefore very important the early detection of the disease in familiars because, sometimes, preventive and therapeutic measures could be implemented. Familiar study has traditionally been a clinical evaluation, ECG and imaging techniques (echocardiography and more recently: cardio-resonance). Today, with the development of cardiovascular genetics is possible to perform genetic tests in relatives of the patients with a pathogenic mutation identified.