Kim L. McBride

Genetic Determinants of Early Heart Failure in Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome: A Prospective NC-DEFINE Study.

BACKGROUND Survivors of hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS), the most severe form of congenital heart disease, are at high risk for heart failure (HF). HF in early life is a major contributor to mortality in this vulnerable population. However, reliable approaches to identify infants at highest risk for early HF are...

Cardiologist-Delivered Genetic Testing in 482 Patients With Cardiomyopathy: The Infrastructure Needed for Mainstream Testing at Scale.

Systematic Cardiac Phenotyping of Patients With Copy Number Variants in the 15q11.2 Breakpoint 1 to Breakpoint 2 Region: A Retrospective Cohort Study From Nine Pediatric Cardiac Centers.

Microdeletions impacting 15q11.2 breakpoint (BP) 1 to BP2, adjacent to the Prader-Willi critical region, have previously described neuropsychiatric associations, with potential low penetrance presentations of congenital heart disease (CHD) also identified. Four highly conserved genes in the region (NIPA1, NIPA2, CYFIP1...