1. Introduction

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Cardiogenetics has grown rapidly in the past, almost two, decades. Nowadays, in the Netherlands, all academic centres offer dedicated cardiogenetic services and patient numbers are still growing. Based on recent data (2012) from the Netherlands Society of Clinical Genetics (VKGN) approximately 15% of genetic counselling activities deals with a cardiovascular disorder. Also, in the larger non-academic hospitals, cardiologists with an interest in these potential genetic disease entities started seeing these patients together with clinical geneticists and genetic counsellors. Altogether, this has led to state-of the-art care, including all cardiological and genetic aspects of these patients and their families. …