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Table 3.

Variants assessed as P/LP or VUS/LP in SCD cases with non-diagnostic autopsy findings

ID Age Genetic alteration
(gene, nucleotide and aminoacidic change)
Variant type ACMG ACMG criteria ClinVar Variant literature (PMID) Gene MIM number/cardiac association ClinGen cardiac association HP no. phenotype association/gene pathway from GeneCards Protein
Mild fatty replacement
SCD19 40 CACNA1C (NM_000719.7): c.2558 T > C; p.Met853Thr missense VUS/LP

PM2

PM1

PP3

PP2

u.s.-LQTS n/a 114205/BRs/LQTS

LQTS/moderate

BrS/SQTS/disputed

0001645-SCD/

Cardiac conduction:

phase 2-plateau phase

Calcium Voltage-Gated Channel (Subunit Alpha1 C)
SCD24 31 negative / / / / / / / / /
SCD26 23 ATP1A2 (NM_000702.4): c.1352A > C; p.Glu451Ala missense VUS/LP

PP3

PP2

PM2

n/a n/a 182340/n/a n/a

0011675-Arrhythmia/

Cardiac conduction: ion homeostasis;

ion transport by P-type ATPases

ATPase Na+/K+ Transporting Subunit Alpha 2
SCD33 50 SNTA1 (NM_003098.3): c.583delC; p.Leu195Phefs*23 frameshift LP

PVS1

PM2

n/a n/a 612955/LQTS LQTS/disputed

0001645-SCD/

NGF Pathway

Syntrophin Alpha 1
Mitral valve prolapse
SCD09 25 n/a / / / / / / / / /
SCD21 29 TGFB2 (NM_001135599.3): c.1312 T > C; p.Ser410Pro missense LP

PP3

PM2

n/a n/a 190220/Loeys-Dietz syndrome Loeys-Dietz syndrome/definitive

0001654-Abnormal heart valve morphology/

ERK Signaling

Transforming growth factor beta 2

SCN5A (NM_001160161.2):

c.1820G > A; p.Gly607Asp

missense VUS

PM2

PP2

n/a n/a 600163/BrS/LQTS

Brs/LQTS/DCM/ definitive

AC/limited

CPVT/SQTS/ disputed

0001645-SCD/

Cardiac conduction: phase0-rapid depolarisation

Sodium Voltage-Gated Channel (Alpha Subunit 5)
Small foci of fibrosis
SCD23 34

TTN (NM_001267550.2):

c.69936C > G; p.Tyr23312Ter

nonsense P

PVS1

PM2

n/a n/a 188840/DCM/HCM

DCM/definitive

HCM/AC/limited

0001645-SCD/

Striated muscle contraction; cardiac conduction

Titin
SCD30 40 negative / / / / / / / / /
Slightly dilated chambers
SCD29 42

LAMA4 (NM_002290.4):

c.719-2A > G;

splicing LP

PVS1

PM2

u.s-DCM (1) 600133/DCM DCM/limited

0001644-DCM; 0012664-Reduced left ventricular ejection fraction/

ERK Signaling

Laminin (Subunit Alpha 4)

CDH2 (NM_001792.4):

c.1729G > C; p.Ala577Pro

missense VUS/LP

PM2

PP3

u.s n/a 114020/AC AC/limited

0004756-Ventricular tachycardia;

0011675-Arrhythmia/

Cell junction organization; ERK Signaling

Cadherin 2

AC arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy, ACMG American College of Medical Genetics, BrS Brugada syndrome, CMP cardiomyopathy, CPVT catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachyarrhythmias, DCM dilated cardiomyopathy, HCM hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, LP likely pathogenic, LQTS long QT syndrome, n/a not available, P pathogenic, SCD sudden cardiac death, SQTS short QT syndrome, u.s. uncertain_significance on ClinVar, VUS/LP variant with unknown significance/likely pathogenic, PVS1 Very Strong—Null variants (nonsense, frameshift, canonical ± 1 or 2 splice sites, initiation codon, single exon or multiexon deletion) in a gene where loss of function is a known mechanism of disease, PM1 Mutational hot spot and/or critical and well-established functional domain, PM2 Absent from controls or at extremely low frequency in Exome Sequencing Project, 1000 Genomes or ExAC, PP3 Multiple lines of computational evidence support a deleterious effect on the gene or gene product, PP2 Missense variant in a gene that has a low rate of benign missense variation and where missense variants are a common mechanism of disease

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