3. HypertrohpicCardiomyopathy
University Medical Center Groningen
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
• 22 year old woman
• 37 weeks pregnant
• Mutation in MYBPC3-gene
• Gradient LVOT increased to 80mmHg
• Vaginal delivery without complications
• Healthy babyboy was born
5. HypertrohpicCardiomyopathy
University Medical Center Groningen
Several questions come up:
-Why is specifically the septum affected in the majority of the cases?
-What’s the implication for the baby-boy
-Are there any models which truly represent the typical HCM phenotype
-Can cell models be of any help; are there any?
12. HypertrohpicCardiomyopathy
University Medical Center Groningen
• Critical role postnatal period in pathogenesis
• Mutation silencing therapies unlike to be effective
• Administration very early in life to prevent hypertrophy
16. University Medical Center Groningen
Hypertrophihccardiomyopathy
Cardiac Lineage Tracing
Comparable to the “blood tree”
Buikema, Van der Meer et al. Stem Cells 2014
23. HypertrohpicCardiomyopathy
University Medical Center Groningen
Conclusions
• Distribution pattern of hypertrophy in HCM mostly unknown.
• Ca-sensitivity?, energy depletion?, TGF-beta? Developmental disorder?
• Early intervention might be necessary to reverse the phenotype
• Attenuation of progression has been observed with losartan
• Several animal models exist, mouse most commonly used
• Patient specific disease modelling novel tool for understanding HCM