Have you ever wondered how and when to go about the screenings of newborns and athletes for genetic heart diseases? Well here’s you chance to find out from our very own Dr. Michael J. Ackerman, MD, PhD from the Mayo Clinic.
The SADS Foundation has teamed up with Mayo Clinic to launch this ground-breaking program. The videos serve as a crucial tool for worldwide professionals and community members to share their expertise and concerns on heart rhythm abnormalities that could cause sudden death in children and young adults.
The Sudden Arrhythmia Death Syndromes (SADS) Foundation launches its second video for “Ask the Experts.” The Foundation has teamed up with Mayo Clinic to launch this ground-breaking program. The videos serve as a crucial tool for worldwide professionals and community members to share their expertise and concerns on heart rhythm abnormalities that could cause sudden death in children and young adults.
The SADS Foundation is an organization dedicated to saving lives and supporting families of children and young adults who are predisposed to sudden death due to heart abnormalities. The Foundation provides information, support and hope to thousands of families with children living with the health threat and is a leader in education, research and advocacy for people with genetic heart arrhythmias that can cause sudden deaths.
The second video answers the question “I have a negative test result, so what do I do next?” This video features the question submitted from Spain and is answered by the following professionals:
Michael J. Ackerman, MD, PhD, Windland Smith Rice Cardiovascular Genomics Research Professor
Professor of Medicine, Pediatrics, and Pharmacology
Director, Long QT Syndrome/Genetic Heart Rhythm Clinic
Director, Windland Smith Rice Sudden Death Genomics Laboratory
Consultant, Cardiovascular Diseases and Pediatric Cardiology
President, Sudden Arrhythmia Death Syndromes (SADS) Foundation
One question will be answered once a month, and to submit questions please go to www.StopSADS.org. For other inquiries, please contact the SADS Foundation at 800-STOP SAD or 801-531-0937.
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