Evidence and practice

Early detection of inherited cardiac conditions in primary care

Teofila Bueser Health Education England/National Institute for Health Research clinical doctoral research fellow, Florence Nightingale faculty of nursing, midwifery and palliative care, King’s College London, England

Inherited cardiac conditions are a leading cause of sudden death in those under 40. A thorough family history taken in the primary care setting will enable early detection through cardiac screening or predictive genetic testing of at-risk family members through a prompt referral to a specialist centre. A decision-making tool is presented to help primary care practitioners with this process.

Primary Health Care. doi: 10.7748/phc.2018.e1452

Citation

Bueser T (2018) Early detection of inherited cardiac conditions in primary care. Primary Health Care. doi: 10.7748/phc.2018.e1452

Peer review

This article has been subject to external double-blind review and checked for plagiarism using automated software

Correspondence

tootie.bueser@kcl.ac.uk

Conflict of interest

None declared

Published online: 11 July 2018

Keywords :

cardiac arrhythmias - cardiology - cardiomyopathies - cardiovascular - family history - genetic testing - heart diseases - screening