Cardiomyopathy-Associated Pathogenic Variants in Pediatric Myocarditis: A Study From the Pediatric Cardiomyopathy Registry
Children with DCM secondary to myocarditis had a higher burden of variants in cardiomyopathy-associated genes than that of heart-healthy controls. Larger studies will be needed to determine the utility of routine genetic testing in this population.
Authors
- Steven D. Colan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7941-0947)
- Charles E. Canter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0007-7337)
- Stephanie M. Ware (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4714-0142)
- Jean A. Ballweg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9478-9388)
- Alicia M. Kamsheh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7941-5599)
- Lisa Joy Martin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8702-9946)
- Paul F. Kantor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4244-1563)
- Teresa M. Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7409-6832)
- Bruce J. Aronow (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5109-6514)
- Ashwin K. Lal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0935-6858)
- Neha M. Bansal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7026-3058)
- Surbhi Bhatnagar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0985-5801)
- Steven E. Lipshultz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2077-6178)
- Jeffrey Allen Towbin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4182-2786)
Institutions
- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (US)
- Boston Children's Hospital (US)
- Primary Children's Hospital (US)
- Children's Hospital of Los Angeles (US)
- Washington University in St. Louis (US)
- Columbia University Irving Medical Center (US)
- Keck Hospital of USC (US)
- Mount Sinai Hospital (US)
- Helen DeVos Children's Hospital (US)
- Jacobs Institute (US)
- Boston Children's Museum (US)
- Le Bonheur Children's Hospital (US)
- Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis (US)
- University at Buffalo, State University of New York (US)
- University of Cincinnati Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Circulation Heart Failure
- Published
- 2025-12-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1161/circheartfailure.125.013104
- Primary Topic
- Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00