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ArticlePediatric cardiology2024

Prioritize Variant Reclassification in Pediatric Long QT Syndrome-Time to Revisit.

Hei-To Leung, Sit-Yee Kwok, Ka-Yee Kwong, Fong-Ying Shih, Sabrina Tsao, Brian Hon-Yin Chung

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Article in Pediatric cardiology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Hei-To LeungDepartment of Paediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, Hong Kong Children's Hospital, 1 Shing Cheong Rd, Ngau Tau Kok, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Sit-Yee KwokDepartment of Paediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, Hong Kong Children's Hospital, 1 Shing Cheong Rd, Ngau Tau Kok, Hong Kong SAR, China. sityeekwok@gmail.com.
Ka-Yee KwongDepartment of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Fong-Ying ShihClinical Genetics Service Unit, Hong Kong Children's Hospital, Kowloon Bay, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Sabrina TsaoDepartment of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Brian Hon-Yin ChungDepartment of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong SAR, China.
University of Hong Kong · HKDuchess of Kent Children's Hospital · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Congenital long QT syndrome (LQTS) is an inherited arrhythmia syndrome associated with sudden cardiac death. Accurate interpretation and classification of genetic variants in LQTS patients are crucial for effective management. All patients with LQTS with a positive genetic test over the past 18 years (2002-2020) in our single tertiary pediatric cardiac center were identified. Reevaluation of the reported variants in LQTS genes was conducted using the American College of Genetics and Genomics (ACMG) guideline after refinement by the US ClinGen SVI working group and guideline by Walsh et al. on genetic variant reclassification, under multidisciplinary input. Among the 59 variants identified. 18 variants (30.5%) were reclassified. A significant larger portion of variants of unknown significance (VUS) were reclassified compared to likely pathogenic (LP)/pathogenic (P) variants (57.7% vs 9.1%, p < 0.001). The rate of reclassification was significantly higher in the limited/disputed evidence group compared to the definite/moderate evidence group (p = 0.0006). All LP/P variants were downgraded in the limited/disputed evidence group (p = 0.0057). VUS upgrades are associated with VUS located in genes within the definite/moderate evidence group (p = 0.0403) and with VUS present in patients exhibiting higher corrected QT intervals (QTc) (p = 0.0445). A significant number of pediatric LQTS variants were reclassified, particularly for VUS. The strength of the gene-disease association of the genes influences the reclassification performance. The study provides important insights and guidance for pediatricians to seek for reclassification of "outdated variants" in order to facilitate contemporary precision medicine.

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Genetic TestingLong QT SyndromeAdolescentChildChild, PreschoolFemaleGenetic VariationHumansInfantMaleMutationRetrospective StudiesLong QT syndromePediatricVariant classificationVUS

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