Crotti, L. ; Marcou, C.A.* ; Tester, D.J.* ; Castelletti, S.* ; Giudicessi, J.R.* ; Torchio, M.* ; Medeiros-Domingo, A.* ; Simone, S.* ; Will, M.L.* ; Dagradi, F.* ; Schwartz, P.J.* ; Ackerman, M.J.*
Spectrum and prevalence of mutations involving BrS1- through BrS12-susceptibility genes in a cohort of unrelated patients referred for Brugada Syndrome genetic testing: Implications for genetic testing.
J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. 60, 1410-1418 (2012)
Objectives The aim of this study was to provide the spectrum and prevalence of mutations in the 12 Brugada syndrome (BrS)-susceptibility genes discovered to date in a single large cohort of unrelated BrS patients. Background BrS is a potentially lethal heritable arrhythmia syndrome diagnosed electrocardiographically by coved-type ST-segment elevation in the right precordial leads (V-1 to V-3; type 1 Brugada electrocardiographic [ECG] pattern) and the presence of a personal/family history of cardiac events. Methods Using polymerase chain reaction, denaturing high-performance liquid chromatography, and DNA sequencing, comprehensive mutational analysis of BrS1-through BrS12-susceptibility genes was performed in 129 unrelated patients with possible/probable BrS (46 with clinically diagnosed BrS [ECG pattern plus personal/family history of a cardiac event] and 83 with a type 1 BrS ECG pattern only). Results Overall, 27 patients (21%) had a putative pathogenic mutation, absent in 1,400 Caucasian reference alleles, including 21 patients with an SCN5A mutation, 2 with a CACNB2B mutation, and 1 each with a KCNJ8 mutation, a KCND3 mutation, an SCN1Bb mutation, and an HCN4 mutation. The overall mutation yield was 23% in the type 1 BrS ECG pattern-only patients versus 17% in the clinically diagnosed BrS patients and was significantly greater among young men <20 years of age with clinically diagnosed BrS and among patients who had a prolonged PQ interval. Conclusions We identified putative pathogenic mutations in similar to 20% of our BrS cohort, with BrS genes 2 through 12 accounting for <5%. Importantly, the yield was similar between patients with only a type 1 BrS ECG pattern and those with clinically established BrS. The yield approaches 40% for SCN5A-mediated BrS (BrS1) when the PQ interval exceeds 200 ms. Calcium channel-mediated BrS is extremely unlikely in the absence of a short QT interval.
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Brugada Syndrome ; Cardiac Arrest ; Genetic Testing ; St-segment Elevation ; Ventricular Arrhythmias; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH; ST-SEGMENT ELEVATION; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; J-WAVE SYNDROMES; QT-SYNDROME; CHANNEL VARIANTS; ARRHYTHMIAS; SUSCEPTIBILITY; CHANNELOPATHIES; MODULATION
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2012
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30501 - Systemic Analysis of Genetic and Environmental Factors that Impact Health
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2012-11-01