Postmortem Genetic Testing for Cardiac Ion Channelopathies in Stillbirths [Original Articles]

Conclusions
Although a causative link is unclear, 1 putative pathogenic and variants of uncertain significance variant resulting in cardiac channelopathies was identified in some cases of otherwise unexplained stillbirth, and these variants may have a role in fetal demise.

Clinical Trial Registration
URL: https://www.clinicaltrials.gov. Unique identifier: NCT01120886.

Source: Circulation: Cardiovascular Genetics - January 11, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Munroe, P. B., Addison, S., Abrams, D. J., Sebire, N. J., Cartwright, J., Donaldson, I., Cohen, M. M., Mein, C., Tinker, A., Harmer, S. C., Aziz, Q., Terry, A., Struebig, M., Warren, H. R., Vadgama, B., Fowler, D. J., Peebles, D., Taylor, A. M., Lally, P. Tags: Arrhythmias, Sudden Cardiac Death, Genetic, Association Studies, Genetics Original Articles Source Type: research