Dr. Roberts noted, “The vast majority of clinicians do not consider AF to be a hereditary disease, and clinical genetic testing for AF is rarely performed outside of certain specialty clinics. The idea that AF may have an underlying genetic component will hopefully encourage clinicians to take a closer look Family history, especially in early-onset forms of this disease, where genetic factors may be more prominent, will hopefully guide clinicians in careful clinical screening for these disorders.
This white paper was written by a panel of the CCS AF Guidelines Committee who believe that the clinical application of AF genetics deserves special consideration. The writing group consisted of the chairs of the updated AF guideline committees and experts in clinical arrhythmia genetics and AF pathophysiology.
Notes to editors
This article is Clinical genetic testing for atrial fibrillation: are we there yet? CJC White Paper by Jason D. Roberts, MD, MAS, Brandon Chalazan, MD, PhD, Jason G. Andrade, MD, Laurent Macle, MD, Stanley Nattel, MD, and Rafik Tadros (M.D., Ph.D.) (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cjca.2023.11.022(Open in new tab/window)).it appeared online in advance Canadian Journal of CardiologyVolume 40, Issue 4, (April 2024) Publisher Elsevier.
The article is publicly available at: https://www.onlinecjc.ca/article/S0828-282X(23)01949-9/(Open in new tab/window).
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About the Editor-in-Chief
Editor-in-Chief Stanley Nattel, MD, is the Paul-David Chair in Cardiovascular Electrophysiology at the University of Montreal, Professor of Medicine, and Director of the Electrophysiology Research Program at the Montreal Heart Institute Research Center.
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