Implementation of genetic testing for heritable cardiac conditions: A scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

We aimed to identify themes and knowledge gaps about the current state of cardiovascular genetic testing implementation from the nongenetics clinician's perspective.

Methods

Cardiovascular genetics is an emerging subspecialty for which no formal training exists, and its implementation is a complex endeavor. Therefore, guided by the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses Extension for Scoping Review, which involves broad inclusion criteria and is agnostic to the quality of evidence, we conducted a scoping review methodology.

Results

PubMed and Scopus searches identified 32 original research articles documenting limited implementation by nongenetics professionals in familial hypercholesterolemia (n = 10), cardiovascular pharmac

SUBMITTER: Morales A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12314394 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature