title: Rare variant mutations in pregnancy-associated or peripartum cardiomyopathy.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The term peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) describes dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) without known cause that occurs during the last month of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum. A related term, pregnancy-associated cardiomyopathy (PACM), refers to DCM onset earlier in pregnancy. Multiple studies have focused on inflammatory, immunologic, and environmental causes. An alternative hypothesis is that PPCM and PACM result, in part, from a genetic cause. In this study, we sought to test the hypothesis that rare DCM-associated mutations underlie a proportion of PACM or PPCM cases.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A systematic search of our DCM database designed for family-based genetic studies was undertaken for cases associated with pregnancy and the postpartum period; in the identified cases, clinical and molecular genetic data, including exonic and near intron/exon boundaries of DCM genes, were analyzed. Of 4110 women from 520 pedigrees in the Familial Dilated Cardiomyopathy Research Project database, we identified 45 cases of PPCM/PACM. Evidence of familial clustering with DCM was present in 23 unrelated cases. Of the 45 cases, 19 had been resequenced for known DCM genes, and 6 carried mutations. Five had PPCM, of which 3 were familial with mutations found in MYH7, SCN5A, and PSEN2, and 2 were sporadic with mutations in MYH6 and TNNT2. One case had PACM and carried a mutation in MYBPC3.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These findings suggest that a proportion of PPCM/PACM cases results from a genetic cause.
authors.affiliation: University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1501 NW 10th Ave, Miami, FL 33136, USA. rhershberger@med.miami.edu
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Morales
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Painter
authors.forename: Ran
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Jill D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Siegfried
authors.forename: Duanxiang
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Nadine
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Norton
authors.forename: Ray E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Hershberger
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000235:genetics* / Q000503:physiopathology; D002319:Cardiovascular System / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009154:Mutation; D010375:Pedigree; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000235:genetics*; D011644:Puerperal Disorders / Q000235:genetics*; D055815:Young Adult
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