Our approach to inherited cardiovascular disease care
Inherited cardiovascular disease is about more than you — it affects your entire family. That's why we're committed to a family-oriented approach that considers each family member's risk for cardiovascular disease.
Our multidisciplinary team of experts provides comprehensive care including imaging, genetic testing, prognosis and coordination of procedures. We specialize in cutting-edge advances and collaborate with leading institutions to offer the most current treatments to you and your family.
Conditions we treat
Cardiomyopathies
- Hypertrophic – thickening of the heart muscle
- Arrhythmogenic – rhythm changes in the heart muscle
- Dilated – enlargement of the heart muscle
- Restrictive – stiffness of the heart muscle leading to heart failure
- Noncompaction - abnormal finger-like projection in the lining of the heart muscle
- Inflammatory – swelling of the heart muscle
- Sarcoidosis – collections of immune cells in the heart muscle
- Myocarditis – swelling of the heart muscle
- Amyloidosis – amyloid plaque replaces normal heart muscle
Arrhythmias
- Long QT Syndrome – heart rhythm issue where the heart takes too long to relax
- Short QT Syndrome – heart rhythm issue where the heart relaxes too quickly
- Catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (CPVT) - abnormal heart rhythm during times of exercise or stress
- Brugada syndrome –abnormal heart rhythm during time of rest that can sometimes lead to sudden cardiac arrest
- Familial atrial fibrillation
- Sudden death syndrome (SCD, SUDS, SADS, SUDEP), including idiopathic ventricular fibrillation
Genetic disorders that can lead to aortopathy
- Marfan syndrome
- Loeys-Dietz syndrome (LDS)
- Pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE)
- Vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
- Hereditary thoracic aortic aneurysm and dissection (HTAAD)
Tests and treatment
- cardiac imaging, including echocardiogram, EKG, cardiac MRI and cardiac CT
- cardiac surgery
- electrophysiology, including catheter ablation
- device implantation
- leadless PPM
- physiologic pacemaker
- defibrillators
- medications, including tafamadis and mavacamten
- voltage-guided biopsies
How we can help
If you would like to contact our clinic to learn more, please give us a call at 717-356-4660 or contact us via email at ICVD@WellSpan.org.