Table 2.

Disorders Caused by Germline Pathogenic Variants in Brugada Syndrome-Related Genes

GeneAllelic Disorder(s)
ABCC9 Cantú syndrome
Dilated cardiomyopathy
Atrial fibrillation (reported in 1 person to date [Olson et al 2007])
Early repolarization syndrome [Hu et al 2014]
CACNA1C Long QT syndrome
Timothy syndrome (See CACNA1C-Related Disorders.)
Short QT syndrome (See CACNA1C-Related Disorders.)
CACNA2D1 Short QT syndrome [Templin et al 2011]
Early repolarization syndrome [Burashnikov et al 2010]
CACNB2 No phenotypes other than Brugada syndrome are known to be caused by germline pathogenic variants in CACNB2.
FGF12 Cerebellar atrophy w/epileptic encephalopathy (reported in 1 family to date [Siekierska et al 2016])
GPD1L No phenotypes other than Brugada syndrome are known to be caused by germline pathogenic variants in GPD1L.
HCN4 Epilepsy [Becker et al 2017, Campostrini et al 2018]
KCND2 Epilepsy (reported in 1 person to date [Singh et al 2006])
J-wave syndromes assoc w/sudden cardiac death (reported in 1 person to date [Perrin et al 2014])
KCND3 Spinocerebellar ataxia
KCNE2 Atrial fibrillation [Yang et al 2004]
Long QT syndrome
KCNE3 No phenotypes other than Brugada syndrome are known to be caused by germline pathogenic variants in KCNE3.
KCNE5 Atrial fibrillation (reported in 1 person to date [Ravn et al 2008])
KCNH2 Long QT syndrome
Short QT syndrome [Brugada et al 2004, Grunnet et al 2008]
KCNJ8 Cantú syndrome
PKP2 Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy
RANGRF No phenotypes other than Brugada syndrome are known to be caused by germline pathogenic variants in RANGRF.
SCN1B Temporal lobe epilepsy [Scheffer et al 2007]
Generalized epilepsy w/febrile seizures plus type 1 (GEFS+1) [Scheffer et al 2007]
Atrial fibrillation [Watanabe et al 2009]
Developmental & epileptic encephalopathy [Ramadan et al 2017]
SCN2B Atrial fibrillation [Watanabe et al 2009]
SCN3B Atrial fibrillation [Wang et al 2010]
SCN5A Long QT syndrome
Progressive conduction system disease (PCCD, Lenegre disease, isolated cardiac conduction disease) [Schott et al 1999, Tan et al 2001, Wang et al 2002]
Atrial fibrillation [Olson et al 2005]
Dilated cardiomyopathy
Sick sinus syndrome [Benson et al 2003]
Familial paroxysmal ventricular fibrillation [Watanabe et al 2011]
SCN10A Familial episodic pain syndrome [Faber et al 2012]
SEMA3A Kallmann syndrome (See Isolated Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Deficiency.)
TRPM4 Erythrokeratodermia variabilis et progressiva [Wang et al 2019]
Progressive familial heart block type 1B [Kruse et al 2009]

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