• J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. · Dec 2014

    Comparative Study

    Clinical phenotype and outcome of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy associated with thin-filament gene mutations.

    • Raffaele Coppini, Carolyn Y Ho, Euan Ashley, Sharlene Day, Cecilia Ferrantini, Francesca Girolami, Benedetta Tomberli, Sara Bardi, Francesca Torricelli, Franco Cecchi, Alessandro Mugelli, Corrado Poggesi, Jil Tardiff, and Iacopo Olivotto.
    • Center of Molecular Medicine (CIMMBA), University of Florence, Florence, Italy. Electronic address: raffaele.coppini@unifi.it.
    • J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. 2014 Dec 23;64(24):2589-600.

    BackgroundMild hypertrophy but increased arrhythmic risk characterizes the stereotypic phenotype proposed for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) caused by thin-filament mutations. However, whether such clinical profile is different from more prevalent thick-filament-associated disease is unresolved.ObjectivesThis study aimed to assess clinical features and outcomes in a large cohort of patients with HCM associated with thin-filament mutations compared with thick-filament HCM.MethodsAdult HCM patients (age >18 years), 80 with thin-filament and 150 with thick-filament mutations, were followed for an average of 4.5 years.ResultsCompared with thick-filament HCM, patients with thin-filament mutations showed: 1) milder and atypically distributed left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy (maximal wall thickness 18 ± 5 mm vs. 24 ± 6 mm; p < 0.001) and less prevalent outflow tract obstruction (19% vs. 34%; p = 0.015); 2) higher rate of progression to New York Heart Association functional class III or IV (15% vs. 5%; p = 0.013); 3) higher prevalence of systolic dysfunction or restrictive LV filling at last evaluation (20% vs. 9%; p = 0.038); 4) 2.4-fold increase in prevalence of triphasic LV filling pattern (26% vs. 11%; p = 0.002); and 5) similar rates of malignant ventricular arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death (p = 0.593).ConclusionsIn adult HCM patients, thin-filament mutations are associated with increased likelihood of advanced LV dysfunction and heart failure compared with thick-filament disease, whereas arrhythmic risk in both subsets is comparable. Triphasic LV filling is particularly common in thin-filament HCM, reflecting profound diastolic dysfunction.Copyright © 2014 American College of Cardiology Foundation. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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