Poor prognosis of rare sarcomeric gene variants in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy

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BACKGROUND: In dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), the clinical and prognostic implications of rare variants in sarcomeric genes remain poorly understood. To address this question, we analyzed the outcome of rare sarcomeric gene variants in patients enrolled in our Familial Cardiomyopathy Registry.

METHODS: DCM families harboring rare sarcomeric variants in MYH6, MYH7, MYBPC3, TNNT2, and TTN were identified. Genotype-phenotype association analysis was performed, and long-term survival-free from death or heart transplant was compared between carriers and noncarriers.

RESULTS: We found 24 rare variants (3 in MYH6, 3 in MYH7, 3 in MYBPC3, 2 in TNNT2, and 13 in TTN) affecting 52 subjects in 25 families. The phenotypes of variant carriers were severe (3 sudden deaths, 6 heart failure deaths, 8 heart transplants, 2 ventricular fibrillations). There was no difference in the overall long-term survival between carriers and the 33 noncarriers (p = 0.322). However after 50 years of age, the combined endpoint of death or transplant was decreased in carriers as compared to noncarriers (p = 0.026).

CONCLUSIONS: Patients with DCM carrying rare variants in sarcomeric genes manifest a poorer prognosis as compared to noncarriers after the age of 50 years. These data further support the role of genetic testing in DCM for risk stratification.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2013

Erschienen:

2013

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:6

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Clinical and translational science - 6(2013), 6 vom: 12. Dez., Seite 424-8

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Merlo, Marco [VerfasserIn]
Sinagra, Gianfranco [VerfasserIn]
Carniel, Elisa [VerfasserIn]
Slavov, Dobromir [VerfasserIn]
Zhu, Xiao [VerfasserIn]
Barbati, Giulia [VerfasserIn]
Spezzacatene, Anita [VerfasserIn]
Ramani, Federica [VerfasserIn]
Salcedo, Ernesto [VerfasserIn]
Di Lenarda, Andrea [VerfasserIn]
Mestroni, Luisa [VerfasserIn]
Taylor, Matthew R G [VerfasserIn]
Familial Cardiomyopathy Registry [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Cardiac Myosins
Cardiomyopathy
Carrier Proteins
Connectin
EC 3.6.1.-
EC 3.6.4.1
Genes
Genetics
Journal Article
MYH6 protein, human
MYH7 protein, human
Molecular genetics
Multicenter Study
Myosin Heavy Chains
Myosin-binding protein C
Phenotyping
Prognosis
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
TNNT2 protein, human
TTN protein, human
Troponin T

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Date Completed 11.08.2014

Date Revised 11.11.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/cts.12116

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM231636180