Genetic counseling for congenital heart disease - Practice resource of the National Society of Genetic Counselors

Hannah E Ison; Emily L Griffin; Ashley Parrott; Amy R Shikany; Lindsay Meyers; Matthew J Thomas; Erin Syverson; Erin M Demo; Kristi K Fitzgerald; Sara Fitzgerald-Butt; Katie L Ziegler; Allison F Schartman; Kristyne M Stone; Benjamin M Helm

doi:10.1002/jgc4.1498

Genetic counseling for congenital heart disease - Practice resource of the National Society of Genetic Counselors

J Genet Couns. 2022 Feb;31(1):9-33. doi: 10.1002/jgc4.1498. Epub 2021 Sep 12.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Stanford Center for Inherited Cardiovascular Disease, Stanford Health Care, Stanford, California, USA.
² Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, USA.
³ Genome Medical, Inc., San Francisco, California, USA.
⁴ Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, The Heart Institute, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
⁵ Department of Pediatrics, Division of Genetics, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
⁶ Department of Pediatrics, Division of Genetics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
⁷ Sibley Heart Center Cardiology at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
⁸ Nemours Cardiac Center, Alfred I. DuPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, Delaware, USA.
⁹ Department of Medical & Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
¹⁰ Myriad Women's Health, Inc, San Francisco, California, USA.
¹¹ Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Indiana University Health, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
¹² Department of Epidemiology, Indiana University Fairbanks School of Public Health, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.

PMID: 34510635
DOI: 10.1002/jgc4.1498

Abstract

Congenital heart disease (CHD) is an indication which spans multiple specialties across various genetic counseling practices. This practice resource aims to provide guidance on key considerations when approaching counseling for this particular indication while recognizing the rapidly changing landscape of knowledge within this domain. This resource was developed with consensus from a diverse group of certified genetic counselors utilizing literature relevant for CHD genetic counseling practice and is aimed at supporting genetic counselors who encounter this indication in their practice both pre- and postnatally.

Keywords: complex disease; congenital heart disease; genetic counseling; genetic testing; practice resource.

MeSH terms

Certification
Counseling
Counselors* / psychology
Genetic Counseling / psychology
Heart Defects, Congenital* / genetics
Humans