Importance of genetic evaluation and testing in pediatric cardiomyopathy

作     者：Muhammad Tariq Stephanie M Ware 

作者机构：Department of Pediatrics and Herman B Wells Center for Pediatric Research Indiana University School of Medicine Indianapolis IN 46202 United States 

出 版 物：《World Journal of Cardiology》 (世界心脏病学杂志（英文版）（电子版）)

年 卷 期：2014年第6卷第11期

页      面：1156-1165页

学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100202[医学-儿科学] 10[医学] 

基　　金：Supported by The Children’s Cardiomyopathy Foundation Cincinnati Children’s Hospital’s Clinical and Translational Science Award,No.NIH-ULl RR026314(Ware SM) and AHA Postdoctoral Fellowship Award,No.12POST10370002(Tariq M) 

主　　题：Pediatric Mutation Exome sequencing Sarcomere 

摘      要：Pediatric cardiomyopathies are clinically heterogeneous heart muscle disorders that are responsible for significant morbidity and mortality. Phenotypes include hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, dilated cardiomyopathy, restrictive cardiomyopathy, left ventricular noncompaction and arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy. There is substantial evidence for a genetic contribution to pediatric cardiomyopathy. To date, more than 100 genes have been implicated in cardiomyopathy, but comprehensive genetic diagnosis has been problematic because of the large number of genes, the private nature of mutations, and difficulties in interpreting novel rare variants. This review will focus on current knowledge on the genetic etiologies of pediatric cardiomyopathy and their diagnostic relevance in clinical settings. Recent developments in sequencing technologies are greatly impacting the pace of gene discovery and clinical diagnosis. Understanding the genetic basis for pediatric cardiomyopathy and establishing genotypephenotype correlations may help delineate the molecular and cellular events necessary to identify potential novel therapeutic targets for heart muscle dysfunction in children.