Suguru Nishiuchi, Takeru Makiyama, Takeshi Aiba, Kenzaburo Nakajima, Sayako Hirose, Hirohiko Kohjitani, Yuta Yamamoto, Takeshi Harita, Mamoru Hayano, Yimin Wuriyanghai, Jiarong Chen, Kenichi Sasaki, Nobue Yagihara, Taisuke Ishikawa, Kenji Onoue, Nobuyuki Murakoshi, Ichiro Watanabe, Kimie Ohkubo, Hiroshi Watanabe, Seiko Ohno, Takahiro Doi, Satoshi Shizuta, Tohru Minamino, Yoshihiko Saito, Yasushi Oginosawa, Akihiko Nogami, Kazutaka Aonuma, Kengo Kusano, Naomasa Makita, Wataru Shimizu, Minoru Horie, Takeshi Kimura
BACKGROUND: Mutations in LMNA ( lamin A/C ), which encodes lamin A and C, typically cause age-dependent cardiac phenotypes, including dilated cardiomyopathy, cardiac conduction disturbance, atrial fibrillation, and malignant ventricular arrhythmias. Although the type of LMNA mutations have been reported to be associated with susceptibility to malignant ventricular arrhythmias, the gene-based risk stratification for cardiac complications remains unexplored. METHODS AND RESULTS: The multicenter cohort included 77 LMNA mutation carriers from 45 families; cardiac disorders were retrospectively analyzed...
December 2017: Circulation. Cardiovascular Genetics