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ReviewJournal of cardiovascular development and disease2025

The Diagnostic Value of Copy Number Variants in Genetic Cardiomyopathies and Channelopathies.

Valerio Caputo, Virginia Veronica Visconti, Enrica Marchionni, Valentina Ferradini, Clara Balsano, Pasquale De Vico, Leonardo Calò, Ruggiero Mango, Giuseppe Novelli, Federica Sangiuolo

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Valerio CaputoDepartment of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, University of L'Aquila, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3503-3318
Virginia Veronica ViscontiDepartment of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4543-7770
Enrica MarchionniMedical Genetics Unit, Tor Vergata University Hospital, 00133 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0341-6461
Valentina FerradiniDepartment of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, Italy.
Clara BalsanoDepartment of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, University of L'Aquila, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9615-7031
Pasquale De VicoDepartment of Anaesthesia, University of Rome Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, Italy.
Leonardo CalòDepartment of Cardiology, Policlinico Casilino, 00169 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-6062-5286
Ruggiero MangoCardiology Unit, Department of Emergency and Critical Care, Policlinico Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, Italy.
Giuseppe NovelliFondazione Francesco Balsano, 00198 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-7781-602X
Federica SangiuoloFondazione Francesco Balsano, 00198 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-6227-4248

Funding

Italian Ministry of Health, GENERA project (CUP E83C22004130005-Piano Sviluppo e Coesione Salute-FSC 2014-2020-Traiettoria 3)MUR-PNRR M4C2I1.3 PE6 project PE00000019 "HEAL ITALIA". CUP E83C22004670001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sudden cardiac death represents an unexpected death for which a strong underlying genetic background has been described. The primary causes are identified in cardiomyopathies and channelopathies, which are heart diseases of the muscle and electrical system, respectively, without coronary artery disease, hypertension, valvular disease, and congenital heart malformations. Genetic variants, especially single nucleotide variants and short insertions/deletions impacting essential myocardial functions, have shown that cardiomyopathies display high heritability. However, genetic heterogeneity, incomplete penetrance, and variable expression may complicate the interpretation of genetic findings, thus delaying the management of seriously at-risk patients. Moreover, recent studies show that the diagnostic yield related to genetic cardiomyopathies ranges from 28 to 40%, raising the need for further research. In this regard, investigating the occurrence of structural variants, especially copy number variants, may be crucial. Based on these considerations, this review aims to provide an overview of copy number variants identified in cardiomyopathies and discuss them, considering diagnostic yield. This review will ultimately address the necessity of incorporating copy number variants into routine genetic testing for cardiomyopathies and channelopathies, a process increasingly enabled by advances in next-generation sequencing technologies.

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arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (ACM)Brugada syndrome (BrS)cardiomyopathies (CMPs)catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (CPVT)channelopathies (CNPs)copy number variants (CNVs)dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM)genetic testinghypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM)long QT syndrome (LQTS)

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PMCPMC12295415

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