Podcast with Dr. v.d. Zwaag (UMCG)
about inherited Amyloidosis
Dr Paul van der Zwaag, Clinical Geneticist at the UMC Groningen (the Netherlands) and specialized in cardiomyopathy, explains in this podcast the importance of Genetic Testing to detect rare (heart) diseases, such as Amyloidosis, and how the Department of Clinical Genetics and doctors can support patients on this field…
What is exactly a thickened heart muscle
at cellular level?
Prof. Dr. Jolanda van der Velden of the Amsterdam UMC explains that scientific Research has shown that heart muscle cells with a genetic defect consume much more energy than healthy heart muscle cells, and therefore no homogenous contraction of the heart takes place. The genetically defective heart is actually continuously exercising.
Why Genetic Testing is so important...
In this short video, Dr Rudolf de Boer explains the importance of family screening for congenital and/or genetic heart disease. It is important to know if you may have a predisposition for cardiomyopathy that maybe runs in your family. And it doesn’t mean that you also will become ill or develop symptoms related to this heart disease.
The DOSIS Consortium investigates why one person in a family gets sick and another does not, so that family members can be treated properly on time.