High prevalence of exercise-induced arrhythmias in catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia mutation-positive family members diagnosed by cascade genetic screening

Europace : European Pacing, Arrhythmias, and Cardiac Electrophysiology : Journal of the Working Groups on Cardiac Pacing, Arrhythmias, and Cardiac Cellular Electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology
Kristina Hermann HaugaaJan P Amlie

Abstract

Catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (CPVT) is an inherited cardiac disease predisposing to life-threatening arrhythmias. We aimed to determine the prevalence of arrhythmias and efficacy of beta-blocker treatment in mutation-positive family members diagnosed by cascade genetic screening. Relatives of six unrelated CPVT patients were tested for the relevant mutation in the ryanodine receptor-2 gene. Mutation carriers underwent an exercise test at inclusion time and 3 months after the initiation of beta-blocker therapy in the highest tolerable dose. The occurrence of ventricular premature beats, couplets, and non-sustained ventricular arrhythmias (nsVT) were recorded in addition to the heart rate at which they occurred. Thirty family members were mutation carriers and were followed for 22 (13-288) months. Previous undiagnosed CPVT-related symptoms were reported by eight subjects. Exercise test induced ventricular arrhythmias in 23 of the 30 mutation carriers. On beta-blocker treatment, exercise-induced arrhythmias occurred at a lower heart rate (117 +/- 17 vs. 135 +/- 34 beats/min, P = 0.02) but at similar workload (P = 0.78). Beta-blocker treatment suppressed the occurrence of exercise-induced nsVT in three of t...Continue Reading

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