European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA)/Heart Rhythm Society (HRS)/Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society (APHRS)/Latin American Heart Rhythm Society (LAHRS) Expert Consensus Statement on the state of genetic testing for cardiac diseases

• Arthur A. M. Wilde,
• Christopher Semsarian,
• Manlio F. Márquez,
• Alireza Sepehri Shamloo,
• Michael J. Ackerman,
• Euan A. Ashley,
• Back Sternick Eduardo,
• Héctor Barajas‐Martinez,
• Elijah R. Behr,
• Connie R. Bezzina,
• Jeroen Breckpot,
• Philippe Charron,
• Priya Chockalingam,
• Lia Crotti,
• Michael H. Gollob,
• Steven Lubitz,
• Naomasa Makita,
• Seiko Ohno,
• Martín Ortiz‐Genga,
• Luciana Sacilotto,
• Eric Schulze‐Bahr,
• Wataru Shimizu,
• Nona Sotoodehnia,
• Rafik Tadros,
• James S. Ware,
• David S. Winlaw,
• Elizabeth S. Kaufman,
• Takeshi Aiba,
• Andreas Bollmann,
• Jong‐Il Choi,
• Aarti Dalal,
• Francisco Darrieux,
• John Giudicessi,
• Mariana Guerchicoff,
• Kui Hong,
• Andrew D. Krahn,
• Ciorsti Mac Intyre,
• Judith A. Mackall,
• Lluís Mont,
• Carlo Napolitano,
• Pablo Ochoa Juan,
• Petr Peichl,
• Alexandre C. Pereira,
• Peter J. Schwartz,
• Jon Skinner,
• Christoph Stellbrink,
• Jacob Tfelt‐Hansen,
• Thomas Deneke

Affiliations

Arthur A. M. Wilde

Heart Centre, Department of Cardiology, Amsterdam Universitair Medische Centra Amsterdam The Netherlands

Christopher Semsarian

Agnes Ginges Centre for Molecular Cardiology at Centenary Institute University of Sydney Sydney Australia

Manlio F. Márquez

Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez Ciudad de México Mexico

Alireza Sepehri Shamloo

Department of Electrophysiology Heart Center at University of Leipzig Leipzig Germany

Michael J. Ackerman

Departments of Cardiovascular Medicine, Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, and Molecular Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics; Divisions of Heart Rhythm Services and Pediatric Cardiology; Windland Smith Rice Genetic Heart Rhythm Clinic and Windland Smith Rice Sudden Death Genomics Laboratory, Mayo Clinic Rochester MN USA

Euan A. Ashley

Department of Cardiovascular Medicine Stanford University Stanford CA USA

Back Sternick Eduardo

Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology Unit Biocor Institute Minas Gerais Brazil

Héctor Barajas‐Martinez

Cardiovascular Research Lankenau Institute of Medical Research Wynnewood PA USA

Elijah R. Behr

Cardiovascular Clinical Academic Group, Institute of Molecular and Clinical Sciences, St. George’s University of London; St. George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust London UKMayo Clinic HealthcareLondon

Connie R. Bezzina

Amsterdam UMC Heart Center, Department of Experimental Cardiology Amsterdam The Netherlands

Jeroen Breckpot

Center for Human Genetics University Hospitals Leuven Leuven Belgium

Philippe Charron

Sorbonne Université Centre Paris France

Priya Chockalingam

Cardiac Wellness Institute Chennai India

Lia Crotti

Center for Cardiac Arrhythmias of Genetic Origin, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, IRCCS Milan Italy

Michael H. Gollob

Inherited Arrhythmia and Cardiomyopathy Program, Division of Cardiology University of Toronto Toronto ON Canada

Steven Lubitz

Cardiac Arrhythmia Service Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School Boston MA USA

Naomasa Makita

National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center Research Institute Suita Japan

Seiko Ohno

Department of Bioscience and Genetics, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center Suita Japan

Martín Ortiz‐Genga

Clinical Department, Health in Code A Coruña Spain

Luciana Sacilotto

Arrhythmia Unit, Instituto do Coracao, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo Brazil

Eric Schulze‐Bahr

Institute for Genetics of Heart Diseases University Hospital Münster Münster Germany

Wataru Shimizu

Department of Cardiovascular Medicine Graduate School of Medicine Tokyo Japan

Nona Sotoodehnia

Cardiovascular Health Research Unit, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine University of Washington Seattle WA USA

Rafik Tadros

Cardiovascular Genetics Center, Department of Medicine, Montreal Heart Institute Université de Montréal Montreal Canada

James S. Ware

National Heart and Lung Institute and MRC London Institute of Medical Sciences Imperial College London London UK

David S. Winlaw

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Centre University of Cincinnati Cincinnati OH USA

Elizabeth S. Kaufman

Metrohealth Medical Center Case Western Reserve University Cleveland OH USA

Takeshi Aiba

Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine and Genetics, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Suita Osaka Japan

Andreas Bollmann

Department of Electrophysiology Heart Center Leipzig at University of Leipzig Leipzig Germany

Jong‐Il Choi

Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University Anam Hospital Korea University College of Medicine Seoul Republic of Korea

Aarti Dalal

Department of Pediatrics, Division of Cardiology Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Nashville TN USA

Francisco Darrieux

Arrhythmia Unit, Instituto do Coração, Hospital das Clínicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo São Paulo Brazil

John Giudicessi

Department of Cardiovascular Medicine (Divisions of Heart Rhythm Services and Circulatory Failure and the Windland Smith Rice Genetic Heart Rhythm Clinic), Mayo Clinic Rochester MN USA

Mariana Guerchicoff

Division of Pediatric Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology, Italian Hospital of Buenos Aires Buenos Aires Argentina

Kui Hong

Department of Cardiovascular Medicine The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University Nanchang China

Andrew D. Krahn

Division of Cardiology University of British Columbia Vancouver Canada

Ciorsti Mac Intyre

Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Division of Heart Rhythm Services, Windland Smith Rice Genetic Heart Rhythm Clinic, Mayo Clinic Rochester MN USA

Judith A. Mackall

Center for Cardiac Electrophysiology and Pacing, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Cleveland OH USA

Lluís Mont

Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi Sunyer (IDIBAPS). Barcelona, Spain; Centro de Investigacion Biomedica en Red en Enfermedades Cardiovasculares (CIBERCV), Madrid Spain

Carlo Napolitano

Molecular Cardiology, Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri, IRCCS Pavia Italy

Pablo Ochoa Juan

Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III (CNIC), Madrid Spain

Petr Peichl

Department of Cardiology Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine Prague Czech Republic

Alexandre C. Pereira

Laboratory of Genetics and Molecular Cardiology, Heart Institute University of São Paulo Medical School São Paulo Brazil

Peter J. Schwartz

Center for Cardiac Arrhythmias of Genetic Origin, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, IRCCS Milan Italy

Jon Skinner

Sydney Childrens Hospital Network University of Sydney Sydney Australia

Christoph Stellbrink

Department of Cardiology and Intensive Care Medicine University Hospital Campus Klinikum Bielefeld Bielefeld Germany

Jacob Tfelt‐Hansen

The Department of Cardiology, the Heart Centre, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshopitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark; Section of genetics, Department of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medical Sciences University of Copenhagen Denmark

Thomas Deneke

Heart Center Bad Neustadt Bad Neustadt a.d. Saale Germany