Unique genetic background and outcome of non-Caucasian Japanese probands with arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy (ARVD/C) is an inherited cardiomyopathy mainly caused by desmosomal gene mutation. More than half of Caucasian probands have desmosomal mutations, which lead to earlier onset of ventricular arrhythmias. Among non-Caucasians, the genetic background of ARVD/C probands and its prognostic impact remain unclear.

Methods and results

We genotyped 99 unrelated Japanese ARVD/C probands for plakophilin 2 (PKP2), desmoglein 2 (DSG2), desmoplakin (DSP), and desmocollin 2 (DSC2) between 2005 and 2014. Seventy-five probands who fulfilled "definite" category according to the 2010 Task Force Criteria (TFC) were enrolled and followed up for 6.4 years. Sixty-four percent of probands had desmosomal mutations; DSG2 was predomi

SUBMITTER: Wada Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5702570 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature