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Hot Topics of the Day are picked by experts to capture the latest information and publications on public health genomics and precision health for various diseases and health topics. Sources include published scientific literature, reviews, blogs and popular press articles.
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An ECG-based artificial intelligence model for assessment of sudden cardiac death risk
L Holmstrom et al, Comm Med, February 2024
(Posted: Mar 03, 2024 10AM)
The burden of splice-disrupting variants in inherited heart disease and unexplained sudden cardiac death
ES Singer et al, NPJ Genomic Medicine, October 11, 2023
(Posted: Oct 11, 2023 4PM)
EMQN: Recommendations for genetic testing in inherited cardiomyopathies and arrhythmias
JB Hayesmoore et al. EJHG July 13, 2023
(Posted: Jul 14, 2023 1PM)
CRISPR gene-editing therapies for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Alanna Strong et al. Nature medicine 2023 2
(Posted: Feb 17, 2023 6AM)
Family History of Sudden Cardiac Death in the Young and Inherited Arrhythmia Syndromes: Awareness and Attitudes of General Practitioners and Private Practice Cardiologists.
Flavia Piciacchia et al. Circulation. Genomic and precision medicine 2023 1
(Posted: Jan 31, 2023 8AM)
Using AI to predict future cardiac arrest
K O'Leary, Nature Medicine, April 14, 2022
(Posted: Apr 18, 2022 9AM)
Racial Disparities in Ion Channelopathies and Inherited Cardiovascular Diseases Associated With Sudden Cardiac Death
M Chahine et al, May 2022
(Posted: Mar 06, 2022 7AM)
Real life experience with the wearable cardioverter-defibrillator in an international multicenter Registry.
El-Battrawy Ibrahim et al. Scientific reports 2022 2 (1) 3203
(Posted: Feb 27, 2022 10AM)
A tailored approach to informing relatives at risk of inherited cardiac conditions: results of a randomised controlled trial
LM van den Heuvel et al, EJHG, November 24, 2021
(Posted: Nov 25, 2021 9AM)
Genetic Variants Associated With Unexplained Sudden Cardiac Death in Adult White and African American Individuals
L Guo et al, JAMA Cardiology, June 2, 2021
(Posted: Jun 02, 2021 10PM)
Personalizing Risk for Sudden Cardiac Death Among Patients With Dilated Cardiomyopathies: Moving Beyond Ejection Fraction With Genomics.
Khan Sadiya S et al. JAMA cardiology 2021 5
(Posted: May 13, 2021 7AM)
Characterization of clinically relevant copy-number variants from exomes of patients with inherited heart disease and unexplained sudden cardiac death.
Singer Emma S et al. Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics 2020 Sep
(Posted: Sep 27, 2020 2PM)
Inherited cardiac arrhythmias
PJ Shwartz et al, Nat Rev Dis Primers, July 2020
(Posted: Jul 26, 2020 7AM)
Rare Risk: Newly identified gene variants linked to increased risk for sudden cardiac death
Harvard Medical School, November 2019
(Posted: Nov 28, 2019 9AM)
Rare Genetic Variants Associated With Sudden Cardiac Death in Adults
AV Khera et al, JACC, November 2019
(Posted: Nov 17, 2019 7AM)
Predicting Risk for Adult-Onset Sudden Cardiac Death in the Population
CR Bezzina et al, JACC, November 16, 2019
(Posted: Nov 17, 2019 7AM)
Genetics of Unexplained Sudden Cardiac Death in Adult Caucasian and African American Individuals Living in the State of Maryland
L Guo et al, MedRXIV, September 24, 2019
(Posted: Sep 26, 2019 8AM)
Development of a Novel Risk Prediction Model for Sudden Cardiac Death in Childhood Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM Risk-Kids).
Norrish Gabrielle et al. JAMA cardiology 2019 Aug
(Posted: Aug 15, 2019 8AM)
Cardiovascular genomics and sudden cardiac death in the young.
Isbister Julia et al. Australian journal of general practice 2019 Mar 48(3) 90-95
(Posted: Jul 02, 2019 9AM)
European recommendations integrating genetic testing into multidisciplinary management of sudden cardiac death
F Fellmann et al, EJHG, June 24, 2019
(Posted: Jun 24, 2019 9AM)
A validation study of the European Society of Cardiology guidelines for risk stratification of sudden cardiac death in childhood hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Norrish Gabrielle et al. Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology 2019 Jun
(Posted: Jun 05, 2019 10AM)
Sudden Cardiac Death Risk in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Wither Our Cognitive Miser.
Ommen Steve R et al. JAMA cardiology 2019 May
(Posted: May 27, 2019 5PM)
Enhanced American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Strategy for Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death in High-Risk Patients With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.
Maron Martin S et al. JAMA cardiology 2019 May
(Posted: May 27, 2019 5PM)
Cases in Precision Medicine: Genetic Assessment After a Sudden Cardiac Death in the Family
R Laracuente et al, Ann Int Medicine, May 14, 2019
(Posted: May 15, 2019 10AM)
Management of Ventricular Arrhythmias and Sudden Cardiac Death Risk Associated With Cardiac Channelopathies
SM Al-Khatib et al, JAMA Cardiology, June 27, 2018
(Posted: Jun 29, 2018 1PM)
Role of copy number variants in sudden cardiac death and related diseases: genetic analysis and translation into clinical practice.
Mates Jesus et al. European journal of human genetics : EJHG 2018 Mar
(Posted: Mar 09, 2018 9AM)
Coronary Artery Abnormalities as the Cause of Sudden Cardiac Death: A 20-Year Review.
Pawlowicz Bernard et al. The American journal of forensic medicine and pathology 2018 Feb
(Posted: Feb 26, 2018 9AM)
Guidelines for autopsy investigation of sudden cardiac death: 2017 update from the Association for European Cardiovascular Pathology.
Basso Cristina et al. Virchows Archiv : an international journal of pathology 2017 Dec 471(6) 691-705
(Posted: Dec 13, 2017 9AM)
Sudden Cardiac Death in Genetic Cardiomyopathies.
Atteya Gourg et al. Cardiac electrophysiology clinics 2017 Dec 9(4) 581-603
(Posted: Nov 29, 2017 10AM)
Clinical and Genetic Diagnosis of Nonischemic Sudden Cardiac Death.
Jiménez-Jáimez Juan et al. Revista espanola de cardiologia (English ed.) 2017 Oct 70(10) 808-816
(Posted: Oct 04, 2017 10AM)
Genetics of sudden cardiac death - An epidemiologic perspective.
Kääb Stefan et al. International journal of cardiology 2017 Jun 23742-44
(Posted: May 24, 2017 9AM)
Postmortem genetic testing should be recommended in sudden cardiac death cases due to thoracic aortic dissection.
Gago-Díaz Marina et al. International journal of legal medicine 2017 Apr
(Posted: Apr 12, 2017 8AM)
Sudden cardiac death of teen reminds physicians of promises, challenges of precision medicine
T Klein, Mayo Clinic, October 31, 2016
(Posted: Nov 01, 2016 8AM)
A Prospective Study of Sudden Cardiac Death among Children and Young Adults
RD Bagnall et al, NEJM, June 22, 2016
(Posted: Jun 22, 2016 5PM)
Consensus statement and guidelines: Interassociation consensus statement on cardiovascular care of college student-athletes.
Hainline Brian et al. British journal of sports medicine 2016 May
(Posted: Jun 08, 2016 2PM)
Interassociation Task Force Punts Decision on Universal ECG Screenings for Athletes
JA Jacob, JAMA, June 8, 2016
(Posted: Jun 08, 2016 2PM)
Sudden Cardiac Death in the Young.
Ackerman Michael et al. Circulation 2016 Mar (10) 1006-26
(Posted: Mar 10, 2016 7AM)
Role of sodium and calcium dysregulation in tachyarrhythmias in sudden cardiac death.
Wagner Stefan et al. Circulation research 2015 Jun (12) 1956-70
(Posted: Jan 08, 2016 9AM)
Prediction of Sudden Cardiac Death with Automated High-Throughput Analysis of Heterogeneity in Standard Resting 12-Lead Electrocardiogram.
Kenttä Tuomas V et al. Heart rhythm : the official journal of the Heart Rhythm Society 2015 Nov
(Posted: Jan 06, 2016 11AM)
2015 ESC Guidelines for the management of patients with ventricular arrhythmias and the prevention of sudden cardiac death: The Task Force for the Management of Patients with Ventricular Arrhythmias and the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC)Endorsed by: Association for European Paediatric and Congenital Cardiology (AEPC).
Eur. Heart J. 2015 Aug 29.
(Posted: Sep 02, 2015 1PM)
Genetic screening in sudden cardiac death in the young can save future lives.
Stattin Eva-Lena et al. Int. J. Legal Med. 2015 Jul 31.
(Posted: Aug 04, 2015 2PM)
Utility and limitations of exome sequencing as a genetic diagnostic tool for conditions associated with pediatric sudden cardiac arrest/sudden cardiac death.
Li Mindy H et al. Hum. Genomics 9(1) 15
(Posted: Jul 22, 2015 0PM)
Genetic Mutation In Heart Proteins May Be Why Some Experience Sudden Cardiac Death During Exercise And Sleep
Dana Dovey, Medical Express, July 16, 2015
(Posted: Jul 18, 2015 7PM)
Sudden cardiac death in athletes.
Semsarian Christopher et al. Br J Sports Med 2015 Aug (15) 1017-23
(Posted: Jul 18, 2015 7PM)
Check out genetic conditions and tests associated with sudden cardiac death
from the NIH Genetic Testing Registry
(Posted: May 12, 2015 11AM)
CAD genetic risk helps predict SCD
João H. Duarte, Nature Reviews Cardiology, May 2015
(Posted: May 12, 2015 11AM)
Cardiovascular disease and sudden cardiac death: between genetics and genomics.
Stallmeyer Birgit et al. Eur. Heart J. 2015 May 8.
(Posted: May 12, 2015 11AM)
Predicting sudden cardiac death using common genetic risk variants for coronary artery disease.
Hernesniemi Jussi A et al. Eur. Heart J. 2015 Apr 23.
(Posted: May 12, 2015 11AM)
Risk factors for sudden cardiac death include family history and genetics
Mayo Clinic
(Posted: May 12, 2015 11AM)
Heart Disease and Sudden Cardiac Death
WebMD, 2015
(Posted: May 12, 2015 11AM)
Next generation sequencing for molecular confirmation of hereditary sudden cardiac death syndromes.
Márquez Manlio F et al. Arch Cardiol Mex 2015 Jan-Mar (1) 68-72
(Posted: Apr 24, 2015 3PM)
Sudden cardiac death.
Kuriachan Vikas P et al. Curr Probl Cardiol 2015 Apr (4) 133-200
(Posted: Apr 24, 2015 3PM)
CDC Information: Heart Disease Facts
(Posted: Feb 25, 2015 0PM)
Can sudden cardiac death of the young be prevented?
(Posted: Feb 25, 2015 0PM)
Smoking and Your Heart
From NHLBI health topic site
(Posted: Jan 01, 2014 0AM)
Sudden Cardiac Arrest
From NHLBI health topic site
(Posted: Jan 01, 2014 0AM)
Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome
From NHLBI health topic site
(Posted: Jan 01, 2014 0AM)
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