BACKGROUND: The prevalence of genetic risk factors has not been systematically evaluated in the setting of complete atriventricular (AV) block complicated by long QT syndrome (LQTS). OBJECTIVE: This study was performed to determine to what extent acquired LQTS in the context of AV block has a genetic substrate. METHODS: Among 420 recipients of pacemakers implanted over a 3-year period, we identified retrospectively 29 patients with complete AV block and a QT interval >600 ms in duration. A second study group included 22 randomly selected patients who had AV block and a QT interval <600 ms. Normal controls were 100 consecutive individuals without medical history. Genetic studies screening for HERG, KCNQ1 KCNE1, KCNE2, and SCN5A mutations were performed. RESULTS: We identified four mutations on genes encoding potassium channels in five patients with AV block and acquired LQTS. These mutations were not found among patients with AV block and a QT interval <600 ms in duration or in healthy volunteers. Functional expression of three HERG mutations (R328C, R696C, and R1047L) had a dominant negative effect on wild-type I(Kr). One KCNE2 mutation (R77W) identified in a patient treated with flecainide did not alter I(Kr). CONCLUSIONS: This study showed that complete AV block complicated by LQTS was associated with HERG mutations in 17% of cases. Further studies are needed to identify factors, genetic or environmental, which may be implicated in bradycardia-related abnormalities of ventricular repolarization.
BACKGROUND: The prevalence of genetic risk factors has not been systematically evaluated in the setting of complete atriventricular (AV) block complicated by long QT syndrome (LQTS). OBJECTIVE: This study was performed to determine to what extent acquired LQTS in the context of AV block has a genetic substrate. METHODS: Among 420 recipients of pacemakers implanted over a 3-year period, we identified retrospectively 29 patients with complete AV block and a QT interval >600 ms in duration. A second study group included 22 randomly selected patients who had AV block and a QT interval <600 ms. Normal controls were 100 consecutive individuals without medical history. Genetic studies screening for HERG, KCNQ1KCNE1, KCNE2, and SCN5A mutations were performed. RESULTS: We identified four mutations on genes encoding potassium channels in five patients with AV block and acquired LQTS. These mutations were not found among patients with AV block and a QT interval <600 ms in duration or in healthy volunteers. Functional expression of three HERG mutations (R328C, R696C, and R1047L) had a dominant negative effect on wild-type I(Kr). One KCNE2 mutation (R77W) identified in a patient treated with flecainide did not alter I(Kr). CONCLUSIONS: This study showed that complete AV block complicated by LQTS was associated with HERG mutations in 17% of cases. Further studies are needed to identify factors, genetic or environmental, which may be implicated in bradycardia-related abnormalities of ventricular repolarization.
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