Titin Truncating Variants Predict Life-threatening Arrhythmias in Patients With Dilated Cardiomyopathy
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Conference Paper
Abstract
Introduction: There is an urgent need for better arrhythmic risk stratification in non-ischaemic dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), where the benefit of ICD implantation is unclear. Titin truncating variants (TTNtv) are the commonest genetic cause of DCM and are associated with early onset non-sustained ventricular tachycardia (NSVT) and atrial fibrillation (AF) in these patients.
Hypothesis: We hypothesize that TTNtv status can predict potentially life threatening ventricular tachycardia (VT) or fibrillation (VF) and development of new persistent AF in DCM patients with CRT-D or ICD devices.
Methods: We studied 117 DCM patients with an ICD or CRT-D and documented device-recorded arrhythmia over a median period of 4.2 years. Patients were stratified by TTN genotype (28 positive for a TTNtv, 89 negative). The primary outcome was time to first device-treated VT >200bpm or VF. Secondary outcome measures included time to first development of persistent AF.
Results: TTNtv predicted the risk of receiving an appropriate ICD therapy for VT/VF (hazard ratio [HR] = 4.9, 95% confidence interval [CI]=2.3-10.7, P<0.0001). This association was independent of all covariates, including replacement fibrosis measured by late-gadolinium enhancement (LGE), (adjusted HR = 8.2, 95% CI 1.9-36.5, P=0.005). Individuals with both a TTNtv and fibrosis had a markedly greater risk for appropriate device therapy than those with neither (HR = 16.6, CI 3.5-79.3, P<0.0001). TTNtv were also a risk factor for developing new persistent AF (HR = 4.4, 95% CI = 1.45-13.1, P=0.006).
Conclusion: TTNtv status is an important risk factor for clinically significant arrhythmia in patients with DCM and CRT-D or ICD devices. TTNtv status alone, or more powerfully in combination with fibrosis imaging by MRI, may provide an effective approach for risk stratifying the need for ICD therapy in DCM patients.
Hypothesis: We hypothesize that TTNtv status can predict potentially life threatening ventricular tachycardia (VT) or fibrillation (VF) and development of new persistent AF in DCM patients with CRT-D or ICD devices.
Methods: We studied 117 DCM patients with an ICD or CRT-D and documented device-recorded arrhythmia over a median period of 4.2 years. Patients were stratified by TTN genotype (28 positive for a TTNtv, 89 negative). The primary outcome was time to first device-treated VT >200bpm or VF. Secondary outcome measures included time to first development of persistent AF.
Results: TTNtv predicted the risk of receiving an appropriate ICD therapy for VT/VF (hazard ratio [HR] = 4.9, 95% confidence interval [CI]=2.3-10.7, P<0.0001). This association was independent of all covariates, including replacement fibrosis measured by late-gadolinium enhancement (LGE), (adjusted HR = 8.2, 95% CI 1.9-36.5, P=0.005). Individuals with both a TTNtv and fibrosis had a markedly greater risk for appropriate device therapy than those with neither (HR = 16.6, CI 3.5-79.3, P<0.0001). TTNtv were also a risk factor for developing new persistent AF (HR = 4.4, 95% CI = 1.45-13.1, P=0.006).
Conclusion: TTNtv status is an important risk factor for clinically significant arrhythmia in patients with DCM and CRT-D or ICD devices. TTNtv status alone, or more powerfully in combination with fibrosis imaging by MRI, may provide an effective approach for risk stratifying the need for ICD therapy in DCM patients.
Date Issued
2017-11-11
Date Acceptance
2017-11-01
Citation
Circulation, 2017, 136 (Suppl 1), pp.E96-E96
ISSN
0009-7322
Publisher
American Heart Association
Start Page
E96
End Page
E96
Journal / Book Title
Circulation
Volume
136
Issue
Suppl 1
Copyright Statement
© 2017 American Heart Association, Inc.
Sponsor
Wellcome Trust
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Grant Number
107469/Z/15/Z
Source
Scientific Sessions of the American-Heart-Association / Resuscitation Science Symposium
Subjects
Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Hematology
Peripheral Vascular Disease
Cardiovascular System & Cardiology
Genetics
Ventricular arrhythmia
Cardiomyopathy
Heart failure
adult
Ventricular tachycardia
Publication Status
Published
Start Date
2017-11-11
Finish Date
2017-11-15
Coverage Spatial
Anaheim, CA