Postmortem genetic tests after sudden death may provide less expensive way to identify risk
Sunday, November 15, 2009 - 13:28
in Health & Medicine
Postmortem testing to identify mutations associated with sudden cardiac death is less expensive than comprehensive cardiac tests for surviving relatives. Many insurers cover comprehensive cardiac tests of surviving relatives, but few cover postmortem testing.
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