#4: Genetic heart-rhythm diseases with Dr Michael Ackerman

Apr 19, 2012 11:50 EDT

Dr Michael Ackerman, professor of medicine, pediatrics, and pharmacology, with a particular interest in cardiac arrhythmias, joins the show to discuss heritable arrhythmia syndromes.

See also:

• First-of-kind HCM diagnosis, treatment recommendations published
• From the dead: Gene tests of sudden cardiac death victims would aid diagnosis of relatives
• Na-channel gene mutations tied to both atrial fib and dilated cardiomyopathy

 

Dr Gersh has no relevant financial disclosures.

Dr Ackerman has served as a consultant for Biotronik, Boston Scientific, Medtronic, St Jude Medical, and Transgenomic—each less than $10 000 annually. He receives intellectual property/royalties from Transgenomic (FAMILION-LQTS and FAMILION-CPVT genetic tests)—less than $50 000 in past 12 months.