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Cardiovascular Genetics and Genomics

Principles and Clinical Practice

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  • Provides a concise, clinically oriented resource, targeted at broad range of clinicians managing patients and families with a wide range of heterogeneous inherited cardiovascular conditions

  • Written by leading experts on clinical cardiovascular genetics and genomics

  • Includes key points for the clinician and relevant case histories to reflect the contemporary practice of clinical cardiovascular genetics and genomics

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Table of contents (31 chapters)

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About this book

This title reflects the exponential growth in the knowledge and information on this subject and defines the extensive clinical translation of cardiovascular genetics and genomics in clinical practice. This concise, clinically oriented text is targeted at a broad range of clinicians who manage patients and families with a wide range of heterogeneous inherited cardiovascular conditions.

Cardiovascular Genetics and Genomics: Principles and Clinical Practice includes a concise and clear account on selected topics written by a team of leading experts on clinical cardiovascular genetics. Each chapter include key information to assist the clinician and case histories have been incorporated to reflect contemporary practice in clinical cardiovascular genetics and genomics. Therefore this will be of key importance to all professionals working in the discipline, from clinicians and trainees in cardiology, cardiac surgery, electrophysiology, immunology through geneticists, nursing staff and those involved in precision medicine.

Reviews

“This compendium of 31 contributed chapters by recognized authorities in the field of cardiovascular genetics is a detailed, consultative resource for healthcare providers involved in the management of patients affected by genetic disorders of the cardiovascular system. This is eminently a clinical textbook. … This is an outstanding contribution to the clinical world of genetic cardiovascular disorders, and clearly a unique resource.” (Luis F Escobar, Doody's Book Reviews, February, 2019)​

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institute of Cancer & Genetics, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, United Kingdom

    Dhavendra Kumar

  • Barts Heart Centre, St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London, United Kingdom

    Perry Elliott

About the editors

Professor Dhavendra Kumar is a Consultant in Clinical Genetics at the University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff University, United Kingdom. He is the lead Clinical Geneticist for Clinical Cardiovascular Genetics. He is the Visiting Professor to the Genomic Policy Unit at the University of South Wales, UK, the Adjunct Professor to the Public Health Genetics Unit at the Chinese Capital Medical University, Beijing (China) and Visiting Professor/ Chief Guest of the prestigious Ranbaxy Science Foundation, India.

Internationally renowned expert in cardiovascular genetics and genomics. Professor Perry Elliott is recognized for his lead contributions in different forms of inherited cardiomyopathies, particularly familial hypertrophic and dilated cardiomyopathy. His current roles include the Deputy Editor of the BMJ journal Heart and co-editor/author of Principles and Practice of Clinical Cardiovascular Genetics & Oxford Specialist Handbook Inherited Cardiac Disease.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Cardiovascular Genetics and Genomics

  • Book Subtitle: Principles and Clinical Practice

  • Editors: Dhavendra Kumar, Perry Elliott

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66114-8

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-66112-4Published: 26 January 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-88179-9Published: 20 March 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-66114-8Published: 17 January 2018

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIX, 920

  • Number of Illustrations: 54 b/w illustrations, 110 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Cardiology, Human Genetics

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