Language
English
Publication Date
8-12-2025
Journal
European Journal of Human Genetics
DOI
10.1038/s41431-025-01916-8
PMID
40796658
PMCID
PMC12707158
PubMedCentral® Posted Date
12-17-2025
PubMedCentral® Full Text Version
Author MSS
Abstract
Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) is the most common cyanotic congenital heart defect (CHD). TOF may present in isolation or in conjunction with one or more non-cardiac congenital anomalies or neurodevelopmental disorders (TOF+). Uncertainty regarding the efficacy of various genetic testing strategies, and an incomplete understanding of the genetic causes of TOF+, may lead to hesitancy in recommending genetic testing, particularly, clinical exome sequencing (cES). Here, we analyzed cES data from 131 individuals with TOF+. A definitive or probable diagnosis was made for 31 individuals, yielding a diagnostic rate of 23.6% (31/131). One individual received three diagnoses. Commercially available CHD panels would have detected only 27.3% (9/33) to 63.6% (21/33) of the diagnoses made by cES. We then used a machine learning approach to identify four genes for which there is sufficient evidence to support a phenotypic expansion including TOF: DVL3, MED13L, PUF60, and MEIS2. Since chromosomal microarray analysis (CMA) has been reported to have a diagnostic efficacy of 10-20% in individuals with TOF, we conclude that cES should be considered for all individuals with TOF+ for whom a molecular diagnosis has not been established by CMA. We also conclude that TOF represents a low penetrance phenotype associated with genetic syndromes caused by pathogenic variants in DVL3, MED13L, PUF60, and MEIS2.
Published Open-Access
yes
Recommended Citation
Volpi, Julia; Zhao, Xiaonan; Owen, Nichole; et al., "Non-Isolated Tetralogy of Fallot (Tof+): Exome Sequencing Efficacy and Phenotypic Expansions" (2025). Faculty, Staff and Students Publications. 2308.
https://digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu/baylor_docs/2308
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