MYH7 p.(Arg1712Gln) is pathogenic founder variant causing hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with overall relatively delayed onset.

Introduction: The MYH7 c.5135G > A p.(Arg1712Gln) variant has been identified in several patients worldwide and is classified as pathogenic in the ClinVar database.

Homozygous damaging SOD2 variant causes lethal neonatal dilated cardiomyopathy.

Background: Idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is recognised to be a heritable disorder, yet clinical genetic testing does not produce a diagnosis in >50% of paediatric patients. Identifying a genetic cause is crucial because this knowledge can affect management options, cardiac surveillance in relatives and reproductive decision-making. In this study, we sought to identify the underlying genetic defect in a patient born to consanguineous parents with rapidly progressive DCM that led to death in early infancy.

Pathogenic effect of a TGFBR1 mutation in a family with Loeys-Dietz syndrome.

Background: Thoracic aortic aneurysms and dissections (TAAD) may have a heritable cause in up to 20% of cases. We aimed to investigate the pathogenic effect of a TGFBR1 mutation in relation to TAAD.

Methods: Co-segregation analysis was performed followed by functional investigations, including myogenic transdifferentiation.

Expert consensus recommendations on the cardiogenetic care for patients with thoracic aortic disease and their first-degree relatives.

Background: Thoracic aortic aneurysm (TAA) is a potentially life-threatening disorder with a strong genetic component. The number of genes implicated in TAA has increased exponentially over the last decade. Approximately 20% of patients with TAA have a positive family history.

Yield of family screening in patients with isolated bicuspid aortic valve in a general hospital.

Aim: To determine the prevalence of unidentified bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) or aortic dilatation (>40mm) in first degree relatives (FDR) of patients with isolated BAV in a general hospital.

Methods And Results: Patients with isolated BAV received information advising cardiac screening of their FDR. Referred and screened were 134 FDR of 54 adult index patients with isolated BAV (median 2 per index patient).

Diagnosis of becker muscular dystrophy: Results of Re-analysis of DNA samples.

Introduction: The phenotype of Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD) is highly variable, and the disease may be underdiagnosed. We searched for new mutations in the DMD gene in a cohort of previously undiagnosed patients who had been referred in the period 1985-1995.

Methods: All requests for DNA analysis of the DMD gene in probands with suspected BMD were re-evaluated.

Functional assessment of potential splice site variants in arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy.

Background: Interpretation of genetic screening results in arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy (ARVD/C) often is difficult. Pathogenicity of variants with uncertain clinical significance may be predicted by software algorithms. However, functional assessment can unambiguously demonstrate the effect of such variants.

Outcome in phospholamban R14del carriers: results of a large multicentre cohort study.

Background: The pathogenic phospholamban R14del mutation causes dilated and arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathies and is associated with an increased risk of malignant ventricular arrhythmias and end-stage heart failure. We performed a multicentre study to evaluate mortality, cardiac disease outcome, and risk factors for malignant ventricular arrhythmias in a cohort of phospholamban R14del mutation carriers.

Methods And Results: Using the family tree mortality ratio method in a cohort of 403 phospholamban R14del mutation carriers, we found a standardized mortality ratio of 1.

Genetic analysis in 418 index patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy: overview of 10 years' experience.

Aims: With more than 40 dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM)-related genes known, genetic analysis of patients with idiopathic DCM is costly and time-consuming. We describe the yield from genetic analysis in DCM patients in a large Dutch cohort.

Methods And Results: We collected cardiological and neurological evaluations, family screenings, and genetic analyses for 418 index patients with idiopathic DCM.

Acromegaly in a multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN1) family with low penetrance of the disease.

Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN1) is an inherited syndrome that is characterised by the occurrence of tumours in the parathyroid glands, the endocrine pancreas, the pituitary gland and the adrenal glands and by neuroendocrine carcinoid tumours, often at a young age. The penetrance of MEN1 among gene carriers is reported to be high; 82-99% at age 50. We present a patient with a history of parathyroid adenomas also showing signs of acromegaly.