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The Medical Genetics Program provides risk assessment, genetic counseling, and genetic testing, when appropriate, for many different conditions that can run in families.

Common Reasons for Referral to the Medical Genetics Program

There are many reasons to be referred to the Medical Genetics Program. Some specific examples are listed below:

• Hereditary Heart Disease
  • Aneurysms
    • Familial aneurysms
    • Isolated, early-onset aneurysms
  • Familial cardiomyopathies
    • Dilated cardiomyopathy
    • Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
    • Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia
    • Restrictive cardiomyopathy
  • Familial hypercholesterolemia (inherited levels of very high cholesterol)
  • Inherited Rhythm Disorders (Dysrhythmias) 
     
• Hereditary Bleeding Disorders (for example, Hemophilia)
   
• Hereditary Blood Clotting Disorders (for example, Factor V Leiden)
   
• Hereditary diseases of the skin, kidney, lung, and eye
   
• Hemochromatosis (iron overload)
   
• Adults with Down syndrome
   
• Other known genetic conditions, such as Fabry disease, Marfan syndrome, Neurofibromatosis, and Ehlers-Danlos syndrome 

In addition, the Medical Genetics Program, in conjunction with the Richard M. Ross Heart Hospital at OSUMC, offers two multidisciplinary specialty clinics, the Hereditary Heart Rhythm Disorders Clinic and the High Risk Family Heart Clinic.

Knowledge is Power: Know Your Family History of Heart Disease