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Although some studies have attempted to find useful prognostic factors in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), those results are not fully helpful for use in actual clinical practice. Furthermore, several genetic abnormalities associated with HCM have been identified. However, the genotype–phenotype correlation in HCM remains to be elucidated. Here, we attempted to assess patients with different types of gene mutations causing HCM and investigate the prognosis. A total of 140 patients with HCM underwent a screening test for myofilament gene mutations by direct sequencing of eight sarcomeric genes. Patients with a single mutation in cardiac troponin T, cardiac troponin I, α-tropomyosin, and regulatory and essential light chains were excluded from the study because the number of cases was too small. The clinical presentations and outcomes of the remaining 127 patients with HCM, 31 β-myosin heavy chain (MYH7) mutation carriers, 19 cardiac myosin-binding protein C (MYBPC3) mutation carriers, and 77 mutation non-carriers were analyzed retrospectively. MYBPC3 mutation carriers had a high frequency of ventricular arrhythmia and syncope. Kaplan–Meier curves revealed no significant difference in prognosis among the three groups, but a lack of family history of sudden death (SD) and a past history of syncope were significantly related to poor prognosis. An absence of family history of SD and past history of syncope are useful prognostic factors in patients with HCM. MYH7 and MYBPC3 mutations did not significantly influence prognosis compared to non-carriers. However, patients with the MYBPC3 mutation should be closely followed for the possibility of SD.
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The authors thank the patients and their family members. They also thank the health-care providers of Asahikawa Medical University Hospital, Yokohama Municipal Citizen’s Hospital, Iwate Medical University Hospital, University of Miyazaki Hospital, Kyushu University Hospital, Gunma University Hospital, Keio University Hospital, Sakakibara Memorial Hospital, Sapporo Medical University Hospital, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Saitama Medical Center Jichi Medical University, Kagoshima Cooperative Hospital, Medical Corporation Kyojinkai Komatsu Hospital, Showa University Northern Yokohama Hospital, Shinmatsudo Central General Hospital, Kanagawa Children’s Medical Center, St. Marianna University School of Medicine Hospital, Seirei Hamamatsu General Hospital, Aoyama Hospital Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Sendai Cardiovascular Center, Chiba Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Ogaki Municipal Hospital, Osaka University Hospital, Nagano Children’s Hospital, Medical Corporation Bokoi Tenshi Hospital, Tsuchiura Kyodo General Hospital, University of Tokyo Hospital, University of Tokyo Branch Hospital, Toho University Omori Medical Center, Nihon University Itabashi Hospital, University of Toyama Hospital, Hyogo Prefectural Kobe Children’s Hospital, Toyohashi Municipal Hospital, and Hokkaido University Hospital for agreeing to collaborate for this study.
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Chida, A., Inai, K., Sato, H. et al. Prognostic predictive value of gene mutations in Japanese patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Heart Vessels 32, 700–707 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00380-016-0920-0
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