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Last Posted: May 14, 2023
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A Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study in Infants with Congenital Heart Defects Demonstrates High Diagnostic Yield of Genetic Testing but Variable Evaluation Practices
MD Durbin et al, Genet in Med Open, May 2023

A multicenter cross-sectional study of five large children’s hospitals, including 2899 children = 14 months undergoing surgical repair for CHD in 2013-2016, followed by multivariate logistics regression analysis. Genetic testing occurred in 1607 of 2899 patients (55%). Testing rates differed highly between institutions (42% - 78%, p< 0.001). Choice of testing modality also differed across institutions (i.e., chromosomal microarray, 26% - 67%, p< 0.001). Genetic testing was abnormal in 702 of 1607 patients (44%) and no major phenotypic feature drove diagnostic yield. Only 849 patients were seen by geneticists (29%).

Implementation of Newborn Screening for Conditions in the United States First Recommended during 2010–2018
S Singh et al, IJNS, April 2023

During 2010–2022, seven conditions were added to the RUSP: severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) (2010), critical congenital heart disease (CCHD) (2011), glycogen storage disease, type II (Pompe) (2015), mucopolysaccharidosis, type I (MPS I) (2016), X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy (X-ALD) (2016), spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) (2018), and mucopolysaccharidosis, type II (MPS II) (2022). The adoption of SCID and CCHD newborn screening by programs in all 50 states and three territories (Washington, D.C.; Guam; and Puerto Rico) took 8.6 and 6.8 years, respectively.

Association of Potentially Damaging De Novo Gene Variants With Neurologic Outcomes in Congenital Heart Disease.
Sarah U Morton et al. JAMA network open 2023 1 (1) e2253191

Are damaging de novo variants in genes not previously associated with neurodevelopmental risk (dDNV-NR) associated with worse neurologic findings in individuals with congenital heart disease (CHD)? In this cross-sectional study of 221 patients with CHD, dDNV-NRs as a group were not associated with neurologic outcomes. In post hoc analyses, dDNVs and rare putative loss-of-function (pLOF) variants, especially in chromatin-modifying genes, were associated with worse neurodevelopmental and brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) metrics.

Polygenic risk scores of endo-phenotypes identify the effect of genetic background in congenital heart disease.
Spendlove Sarah J et al. HGG advances 2022 5 (3) 100112

Here we used CHD-phenotype matched genome-wide association study (GWAS) summary statistics from the UK Biobank (UKBB) as our base study and whole-genome sequencing data from the CHD cohort (n1 = 711 trios, n2 = 362 European trios) of the Gabriella Miller Kids First dataset as our target study to develop PRSs for CHD. PRSs estimated using a GWAS for heart valve problems and heart murmur explain 2.5% of the variance in case-control status of CHD.

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