Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa1505517
Title: Shared genetic predisposition in Peripartum and dilated cardiomyopathies
Authors: Ware J.S.
Li J.
Mazaika E.
Yasso C.M.
De Souza T.
Cappola T.P.
Tsai E.J.
Hilfiker-Kleiner D.
Kamiya C.A.
Mazzarotto F.
Cook S.A. 
Halder I.
Prasad S.K.
Pisarcik J.
Hanley-Yanez K.
Alharethi R.
Damp J.
Hsich E.
Elkayam U.
Sheppard R.
Kealey A.
Alexis J.
Ramani G.
Safirstein J.
Boehmer J.
Pauly D.F.
Wittstein I.S.
Thohan V.
Zucker M.J.
Liu P.
Gorcsan J.
III
McNamara D.M.
Seidman C.E.
Seidman J.G.
Arany Z.
Issue Date: 2016
Publisher: Massachussetts Medical Society
Citation: Ware J.S., Li J., Mazaika E., Yasso C.M., De Souza T., Cappola T.P., Tsai E.J., Hilfiker-Kleiner D., Kamiya C.A., Mazzarotto F., Cook S.A., Halder I., Prasad S.K., Pisarcik J., Hanley-Yanez K., Alharethi R., Damp J., Hsich E., Elkayam U., Sheppard R., Kealey A., Alexis J., Ramani G., Safirstein J., Boehmer J., Pauly D.F., Wittstein I.S., Thohan V., Zucker M.J., Liu P., Gorcsan J., III, McNamara D.M., Seidman C.E., Seidman J.G., Arany Z. (2016). Shared genetic predisposition in Peripartum and dilated cardiomyopathies. New England Journal of Medicine 374 (3) : 233-241. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa1505517
Abstract: BACKGROUND: Peripartum cardiomyopathy shares some clinical features with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy, a disorder caused by mutations in more than 40 genes, including TTN, which encodes the sarcomere protein titin. METHODS: In 172 women with peripartum cardiomyopathy, we sequenced 43 genes with variants that have been associated with dilated cardiomyopathy. We compared the prevalence of different variant types (nonsense, frameshift, and splicing) in these women with the prevalence of such variants in persons with dilated cardiomyopathy and with population controls. RESULTS: We identified 26 distinct, rare truncating variants in eight genes among women with peripartum cardiomyopathy. The prevalence of truncating variants (26 in 172 [15%]) was significantly higher than that in a reference population of 60,706 persons (4.7%, P = 1.3?10-7) but was similar to that in a cohort of patients with dilated cardiomyopathy (55 of 332 patients [17%], P = 0.81). Two thirds of identified truncating variants were in TTN, as seen in 10% of the patients and in 1.4% of the reference population (P = 2.7?10-10); almost all TTN variants were located in the titin A-band. Seven of the TTN truncating variants were previously reported in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy. In a clinically well-characterized cohort of 83 women with peripartum cardiomyopathy, the presence of TTN truncating variants was significantly correlated with a lower ejection fraction at 1-year follow-up (P = 0.005). CONCLUSIONS: The distribution of truncating variants in a large series of women with peripartum cardiomyopathy was remarkably similar to that found in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy. TTN truncating variants were the most prevalent genetic predisposition in each disorder. Copyright ? 2016 Massachusetts Medical Society. All rights reserved.
Source Title: New England Journal of Medicine
URI: http://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/150847
ISSN: 284793
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1505517
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