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The DCM has been reported with more than 60 disease-causing genes, and MYBPC3<\/jats:italic> variants are one of the most common and well-known causes of DCM.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Methods<\/jats:title>We identified a 29-year-old female who died of SCD. We performed a whole-exome sequencing (WES) to detect her genetic etiology and used minigene modeling and immunohistochemistry staining to verify the pathogenicity.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Results<\/jats:title>We determined that the woman died of SCD caused by DCM due to an identified novel synonymous variant of MYBPC3<\/jats:italic> (NM_000256.3: c.24A&gt;C, p.P8P) in the deceased. The variant can result in abnormal splicing, which was confirmed by minigene models and immunohistochemistry staining.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Conclusion<\/jats:title>We may have identified the first deleterious synonymous variant of MYBPC3<\/jats:italic> in an SCD case and verified its significant impact on RNA splicing. 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