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All physicians practicing medicine encounter patients suffering
from cardiovascular disease. This book has been outlined in such a
way that vascular surgeons, general internists, neurologists and
cardiologists should be able to use it. The book covers the
complete scope of cardiac diseases in addition to chapters on
hypertension and atherosclerosis. In many patients there is a
family history of cerebrovascular accidents, myocardial infarction
or peripheral arterial disease. Also in patients reporting collaps,
palpitations and arrhythmias the family is crucial and can provide
clues to a genetic cause of the disease. This book is published to
guide physicians in the process of determining whether a genetic
component is likely to be present. Furthermore, information is
provided what the possibilities and limitations of DNA diagnostic
techniques are. Finally, the importance of newly identified
categories of potential patients, i. e. gene carriers without
symptoms or any inducible sign of disease, is highlighted. For some
patients a genetic diagnosis is essential to determine appropriate
therapy and for counseling? In some other diseases DNA diagnostic
tools are available but the relevant for the patients may be less
clear. In other families the search for a disease causing gene is
ongoing and the possibilities to find genes and to unravel the
pathophysiology of the disease is limited by the lack of patients.
To give insight into the current state of genetic diagnostics, the
authors have classified the cardiovascular diseases.
All physicians practicing medicine encounter patients suffering
from cardiovascular disease. This book has been outlined in such a
way that vascular surgeons, general internists, neurologists and
cardiologists should be able to use it. The book covers the
complete scope of cardiac diseases in addition to chapters on
hypertension and atherosclerosis. In many patients there is a
family history of cerebrovascular accidents, myocardial infarction
or peripheral arterial disease. Also in patients reporting collaps,
palpitations and arrhythmias the family is crucial and can provide
clues to a genetic cause of the disease. This book is published to
guide physicians in the process of determining whether a genetic
component is likely to be present. Furthermore, information is
provided what the possibilities and limitations of DNA diagnostic
techniques are. Finally, the importance of newly identified
categories of potential patients, i. e. gene carriers without
symptoms or any inducible sign of disease, is highlighted. For some
patients a genetic diagnosis is essential to determine appropriate
therapy and for counseling? In some other diseases DNA diagnostic
tools are available but the relevant for the patients may be less
clear. In other families the search for a disease causing gene is
ongoing and the possibilities to find genes and to unravel the
pathophysiology of the disease is limited by the lack of patients.
To give insight into the current state of genetic diagnostics, the
authors have classified the cardiovascular diseases.
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