Motivation to Pursue Genetic Testing in Individuals with a Personal or Family History of Cardiac Events or Sudden Cardiac Death

Journal of Genetic Counseling

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 849-859

  Erskine, Kathleen E ^a   Hidayatallah, Nadia Z ^b   Walsh, Christine A ^c   McDonald, Thomas V ^a   Cohen, Lilian ^d   Marion, Robert W ^c   Dolan, Siobhan M ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Mt Sinai St Luke’s ^*  (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT MONTEFIORE   (United States)

^d WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Channelopathy; Genetic counseling; Genetic testing; Long QT syndrome; Motivation; Sudden cardiac death

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MOTIVATION;

EID: 84896435310     PISSN: 10597700     EISSN: 15733599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10897-014-9707-6     Document Type: Article

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