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
CitationBueser T (2018) Early detection of inherited cardiac conditions in primary care. Primary Health Care. doi: 10.7748/phc.2018.e1452
Peer reviewThis article has been subject to external double-blind review and checked for plagiarism using automated software
Correspondence Conflict of interestNone declared
Published online: 11 July 2018
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