SESSION TITLE: Case Report Semifinalists 6 SESSION TYPE: Med Student/Res Case Rep Postr PRESENTED ON: 10/21/2019 02:30 PM - 03:15 PM INTRODUCTION: Fasciculoventricular bypass tract (FVBT) is rarely seen in patients with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM). Mutation in the PRKAG2 gene has been established in such patients. We present a case report with an unusual variant of pre-excitation involving the fasciculoventricular pathway in a patient with HOCM identifying a new mutation on genetic testing. CASE PRESENTATION: A 21-year-old male with a past medical history of severe HOCM and bipolar disorder presented with substernal chest pain radiating to both arms, in the setting of an altercation. He was on metoprolol 50 mg daily for severe HOCM. Family history was significant for sudden cardiac death of his mother in her forties. His physical examination was significant for tachycardia. His admission EKG revealed Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome (WPW) type B pattern, with no ST segment or T wave changes concerning for ischemia and cardiac enzymes were normal. Echocardiogram revealed a left ventricular outflow tract gradient of >36 mm Hg, severe septal hypertrophy of 2.6 cm with normal left ventricular function. On the second night of hospitalization, the patient had an asymptomatic run of wide QRS complex tachycardia for one and a half minutes. Review of the telemetry strips determined rhythm to be atrial fibrillation with pre-excitation. He underwent an electrophysiological (EP) study, which revealed a fasciculoventricular pathway without any inducible arrhythmia, and hence no ablation could be performed. He was offered an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) which he declined. On further genetic studies, it was found that the patient has a mutation in MYH7 gly741 trp gene. Metoprolol was continued and he was discharged with EP follow up. DISCUSSION: Fasciculoventricular pathway (FVP) is a very rare form of pre-excitation, with an incidence of 1.2% to 5.1% of all pre-excitation syndromes; resulting from an accessory connection between either the bundle of His or the fascicles and the ventricle. Familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy displays autosomal dominant inheritance with incomplete penetration of defective genes and so does some of the pre-excitation syndromes like WPW. In the literature, only a gene mutation on chromosome 7q3 (PRKAG2 gene) has been described in familial HOCM coexisting with preexcitation syndrome to date. To our knowledge, this is the first case report identifying MYH7 gene mutation in a patient with coexisting HOCM and FVBT. Although there is one reported case of MYH7 gene mutation in HOCM with WPW. Since this is the only case showing a link between the MYH7 mutation and HOCM with FVBT, we cannot conclude whether the observed mutation is a common cause for both diseases, or this patient presents an incidental co-occurrence of HOCM (caused by the MYH7 mutation) and FVBT. CONCLUSIONS: Further investigations need to be done to establish MYH7 mutation as a link between HOCM and pre-excitation syndromes. Reference #1: Andrea Giuseppe Porto, MD, Francesca Brun, MD, Giovanni Maria Severini, PhD Pasquale Losurdo, MD, Enrico Fabris, MD, Matthew R.G. Taylor, MD, PhD, Luisa Mestroni, MD, Gianfranco Sinagra, MD. Clinical Spectrum of PRKAG2 Syndrome. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2016 Jan; 9(1): 10.1161/CIRCEP.115.003121 e003121. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCEP.115.003121 Reference #2: Suzuki T, Nakamura Y, Yoshida S, Yoshida Y, Shintaku H. Differentiating fasciculoventricular pathway from Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome by electrocardiography. Heart Rhythm. 2014;11:686– 690. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrthm.2013.11.018. Reference #3: Bobkowski W, Sobieszczańska M, Turska-Kmieć A, Nowak A, Jagielski J, Gonerska M, Lebioda A, Siwińska A. Mutation of the MYH7 gene in a child with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome. J Appl Genet. 2007;48(2):185-8. DISCLOSURES: No relevant relationships by Kushani Gajjar, source=Web Response No relevant relationships by Abhas Khurana, source=Web Response No relevant relationships by Gaurav Manek, source=Web Response No relevant relationships by Anand Muthu Krishnan, source=Web Response no disclosure on file for Vidya Nadig
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