Article
Retrospective Analysis of Clinical Genetic Testing in Pediatric Primary Dilated Cardiomyopathy: Testing Outcomes and the Effects of Variant Reclassification.
Journal of the American Heart Association - 2 Jun 2020
Quiat Daniel, Witkowski Leora, Zouk Hana, Daly Kevin P, Roberts Amy E
Abstract excerpt
Background Genetic testing in pediatric primary dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) patients has identified numerous disease-causing variants, but few studies have evaluated genetic testing outcomes in this population in the context of patient and familial clinical data or assessed the clinical implications of temporal changes in genetic testing results. Methods and Results We performed a retrospective analysis of all...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Cardiomyopathy, Dilated
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- DNA Mutational Analysis
- Female
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Genetic Testing
- Heart Transplantation
- Humans
