A Homozygous CASQ2 Mutation in a Japanese Patient with Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia

A 62-year-old female had suffered from recurrent syncopal episodes triggered by physical and emotional stress since childhood. She had no family history of sudden death. An intensive examination could not detect any structural disease, and exercise stress testing provoked polymorphic ventricular ect...

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Main Authors: Taishi Fujisawa, Yoshiyasu Aizawa, Yoshinori Katsumata, Akihiro Udo, Shogo Ito, Kazumasa Hatakeyama, Makoto Hirose, Hiroshi Miyama, Kazuaki Nakajima, Takahiko Nishiyama, Takehiro Kimura, Masamitsu Nitta, Kazuo Misumi, Seiji Takatsuki, Kenjiro Kosaki, Keiichi Fukuda
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Published: Wiley 2019-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Genetics
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/9056596
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author Taishi Fujisawa
Yoshiyasu Aizawa
Yoshinori Katsumata
Akihiro Udo
Shogo Ito
Kazumasa Hatakeyama
Makoto Hirose
Hiroshi Miyama
Kazuaki Nakajima
Takahiko Nishiyama
Takehiro Kimura
Masamitsu Nitta
Kazuo Misumi
Seiji Takatsuki
Kenjiro Kosaki
Keiichi Fukuda
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Yoshiyasu Aizawa
Yoshinori Katsumata
Akihiro Udo
Shogo Ito
Kazumasa Hatakeyama
Makoto Hirose
Hiroshi Miyama
Kazuaki Nakajima
Takahiko Nishiyama
Takehiro Kimura
Masamitsu Nitta
Kazuo Misumi
Seiji Takatsuki
Kenjiro Kosaki
Keiichi Fukuda
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description A 62-year-old female had suffered from recurrent syncopal episodes triggered by physical and emotional stress since childhood. She had no family history of sudden death. An intensive examination could not detect any structural disease, and exercise stress testing provoked polymorphic ventricular ectopy followed by polymorphic ventricular tachycardia accompanied with syncope leading to a diagnosis of catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (CPVT). A genetic analysis with a next generation sequencer identified a homozygous W361X mutation in the CASQ2 gene. Careful history taking disclosed that her parents had a consanguineous marriage. Here we present a Japanese patient with a recessive form of CPVT.
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spelling doaj-art-ddcd7ecb9c78406480d47940196a37ec2025-02-03T05:57:41ZengWileyCase Reports in Genetics2090-65442090-65522019-01-01201910.1155/2019/90565969056596A Homozygous CASQ2 Mutation in a Japanese Patient with Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular TachycardiaTaishi Fujisawa0Yoshiyasu Aizawa1Yoshinori Katsumata2Akihiro Udo3Shogo Ito4Kazumasa Hatakeyama5Makoto Hirose6Hiroshi Miyama7Kazuaki Nakajima8Takahiko Nishiyama9Takehiro Kimura10Masamitsu Nitta11Kazuo Misumi12Seiji Takatsuki13Kenjiro Kosaki14Keiichi Fukuda15Department of Cardiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, JapanDepartment of Cardiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, JapanDepartment of Cardiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, JapanDepartment of Cardiology, Chiba Nishi General Hospital, Chiba, JapanDepartment of Cardiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, JapanDepartment of Cardiology, Chiba Nishi General Hospital, Chiba, JapanDepartment of Cardiology, Chiba Nishi General Hospital, Chiba, JapanDepartment of Cardiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, JapanDepartment of Cardiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, JapanDepartment of Cardiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, JapanDepartment of Cardiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, JapanDepartment of Cardiology, Chiba Nishi General Hospital, Chiba, JapanDepartment of Cardiology, Chiba Nishi General Hospital, Chiba, JapanDepartment of Cardiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, JapanCenter for Medical Genetics, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, JapanDepartment of Cardiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, JapanA 62-year-old female had suffered from recurrent syncopal episodes triggered by physical and emotional stress since childhood. She had no family history of sudden death. An intensive examination could not detect any structural disease, and exercise stress testing provoked polymorphic ventricular ectopy followed by polymorphic ventricular tachycardia accompanied with syncope leading to a diagnosis of catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (CPVT). A genetic analysis with a next generation sequencer identified a homozygous W361X mutation in the CASQ2 gene. Careful history taking disclosed that her parents had a consanguineous marriage. Here we present a Japanese patient with a recessive form of CPVT.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/9056596
spellingShingle Taishi Fujisawa
Yoshiyasu Aizawa
Yoshinori Katsumata
Akihiro Udo
Shogo Ito
Kazumasa Hatakeyama
Makoto Hirose
Hiroshi Miyama
Kazuaki Nakajima
Takahiko Nishiyama
Takehiro Kimura
Masamitsu Nitta
Kazuo Misumi
Seiji Takatsuki
Kenjiro Kosaki
Keiichi Fukuda
A Homozygous CASQ2 Mutation in a Japanese Patient with Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia
Case Reports in Genetics
title A Homozygous CASQ2 Mutation in a Japanese Patient with Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia
title_full A Homozygous CASQ2 Mutation in a Japanese Patient with Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia
title_fullStr A Homozygous CASQ2 Mutation in a Japanese Patient with Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia
title_full_unstemmed A Homozygous CASQ2 Mutation in a Japanese Patient with Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia
title_short A Homozygous CASQ2 Mutation in a Japanese Patient with Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia
title_sort homozygous casq2 mutation in a japanese patient with catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/9056596
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