Science Saturday: Mayo researchers streamline genetic testing in heart failure clinic, improve clinical care

In a new study published in  Genetics in Medicine, Mayo Clinic researchers streamlined genetic testing and counseling for patients with dilated cardiomyopathy, a type of heart muscle disease that causes the heart chambers (ventricles) to thin and stretch, growing larger. "We showed that this practice intervention increased t he uptake and yield of genetic testing and counseling in our Heart Failure Clinic," says Naveen Pereira, M.D., a Mayo Clinic cardiologist and senior author of the study. "This may have…
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