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Heritable Thoracic Aortic Disease

Point of care tool: 1-page, features a bottom line and criteria for genetic assessment. (July 2024)

GECKO on the run: A 2-page, evidence-based summary for healthcare practitioners. Features a bottom line, clinical features, criteria for genetic assessment, possible genetic results, surveillance and management. (July 2024)

GECKO deep dive: A 6-page, comprehensive evidence-based resource for healthcare practitioners. Features a bottom line, clinical features, criteria for genetic assessment, benefits and limitations of genetic testing and possible results, surveillance and management, references and more. (July 2024)

Canadian Aortopathy Clinics (courtesy of Genetic Aortic Disorders Association Canada)

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A Guide to understanding prenatal screening

A Guide to understanding prenatal screening

A resource developed for pregnant persons and their providers. Everything you wanted to know about screening from deciding whether or not have it, to results…

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The GEC-KO team will be presenting at the 2021 University of Ottawa’s Annual Refresher Course

Family history is the first genetic test.

Check out this latest study trialing an innovative strategy for collecting family history in primary care. 

Carroll et al Ann Fam Med 2025;23:399-406.

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