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The role of genetic testing in Marfan syndrome.
Current Opinion in Cardiology 2024 Februrary 23
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: This review aims to delineate the genetic basis of Marfan syndrome (MFS) and underscore the pivotal role of genetic testing in the diagnosis, differential diagnosis, genotype-phenotype correlations, and overall disease management.
RECENT FINDINGS: The identification of pathogenic or likely pathogenic variants in the FBN1 gene, associated with specific clinical features such as aortic root dilatation or ectopia lentis, is a major diagnostic criterion for MFS. Understanding genotype-phenotype correlations is useful for determining the timing of follow-up, guiding prophylactic aortic root surgery, and providing more precise information to patients and their family members during genetic counseling. Genetic testing is also relevant in distinguishing MFS from other conditions that present with heritable thoracic aortic diseases, allowing for tailored and individualized management.
SUMMARY: Genetic testing is essential in different steps of the MFS patients' clinical pathway, starting from the phase of diagnosis to management and specific treatment.
RECENT FINDINGS: The identification of pathogenic or likely pathogenic variants in the FBN1 gene, associated with specific clinical features such as aortic root dilatation or ectopia lentis, is a major diagnostic criterion for MFS. Understanding genotype-phenotype correlations is useful for determining the timing of follow-up, guiding prophylactic aortic root surgery, and providing more precise information to patients and their family members during genetic counseling. Genetic testing is also relevant in distinguishing MFS from other conditions that present with heritable thoracic aortic diseases, allowing for tailored and individualized management.
SUMMARY: Genetic testing is essential in different steps of the MFS patients' clinical pathway, starting from the phase of diagnosis to management and specific treatment.
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