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Family history could hold clues to your heart health
Go Red For Women - Prioritizing Heart Health By Tiffani Tucker | February 19, 2021 at 12:28 PM EST - Updated February 19 at 9:22 PM
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Do you know your familyâs medical history? It can serve as a guide to your health, especially when it comes to your heart health.
There are certain heart conditions that are inherited.
âInherited heart conditions are often genetic in origin and we have over the last 20 years been identifying genetic mutations that are responsible for many different cardiac conditions,â explained Dr. Judith Mackall.
Mackall is University Hospitalsâ director of the Cardiovascular Genetics Clinic Center.