Heart failure & cardiomyopathies

Clonal Haematopoiesis is Associated with Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events in Patients with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

Eur J Heart FailPublished Cohort study

Main finding · MACE in HCM with sarcomeric germline mutationsResult — go to the resultAdjusted hazard ratio 6.89 95% CI 1.78–26.6

Authors' conclusion

These results indicate that CH in patients with HCM is associated with worse clinical outcomes.

Study context

Population
Patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) with available biospecimens, Peter Munk Cardiac Centre Cardiovascular Biobank
Participants
799 patients
Exposure
Clonal haematopoiesis (CH) vs no CH
  • CHn = 183
Outcome
MACE:
  • Appropriate ICD shock
  • Stroke
  • Cardiac arrest
  • Orthotopic heart transplant
  • Death
Methodological detailsbiobank
  • Biobank

Main finding

MACE in HCM with sarcomeric germline mutations

Adjusted hazard ratio

6.89

95% CI 1.78–26.6

P = 0.005

CHvs No CH
adjusted HR 6.89 (95% CI 1.78–26.6); P = 0.005

As reported in the abstract

Observational data: associations, not effects.

Further findings

Major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) with DNMT3A, TET2 and ASXL1 mutations

Adjusted HR (95% CI)P value
CH (DNMT3A, TET2, ASXL1)5.76 (1.51–21.94)P = 0.010
Prevalence of CH in HCM with sarcomeric germline mutations
22.9% · 183

Symptoms, fibrosis, cytokines and troponin I

CH: more symptomatic and higher fibrosis burden than no CH
IL-1ra, IL-6, IL-17F, TGFα, CCL21, CCL1, CCL8, CCL17 and troponin I upregulated in gene-positive HCM with CH

Original publication

Clonal Haematopoiesis is Associated with Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events in Patients with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. Eur J Heart Fail. Published 1 August 2024. doi:10.1002/ejhf.3408

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