Left Ventricular Noncompaction 2

For a phenotypic description and a discussion of genetic heterogeneity of left ventricular noncompaction (LVNC), see 604169.

Mapping

In a family originally reported by Sasse-Klaassen et al. (2003), Sasse-Klaassen et al. (2004) reported linkage studies demonstrating a locus for autosomal dominant LVNC in 11p15. A peak 2-point LOD score of 5.06 was obtained with marker D11S902 at theta = 0. Haplotype analysis defined a critical interval of 6.4 centimorgans between D11S1794 and D11S928, corresponding to a physical distance of 6.8 megabases. No disease-causing mutation was identified in 2 prime positional candidate genes located in the critical region of mapping: the gene encoding muscle LIM protein (CSRP3; 600824), mutation in which causes dilated (CMD1M; 607482) and hypertrophic (CMH12; 612124) cardiomyopathy, and the gene encoding SOX6 (607257).