World Heart Day: Can Heart Diseases Be Genetic? Know Which Genes Can Lead To Cardiovascular Ailments

Familial cardiomyopathies, familial arrhythmias, Marfan syndrome, and sudden arrhythmic death syndrome are some inherited heart conditions. A mutation in genes can cause inherited cardiac conditions.

World Heart Day: One may suffer from a heart disease because they have inherited certain genes from their parents. If a person has a mutated gene, there is a 50 per cent probability that their offspring will suffer from an inherited cardiac condition.

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Heart diseases can be genetic or hereditary. One may suffer from a heart disease because they have inherited certain genes from their parents. A mutation in genes can cause inherited cardiac conditions, also known as genetic cardiac conditions. If a person has a mutated gene, there is a 50 per cent probability that their offspring will suffer from an inherited cardiac condition. Familial cardiomyopathies, familial arrhythmias, Marfan syndrome, and sudden arrhythmic death syndrome are some