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Understanding the molecular mechanisms underlying cardiomyocyte maturation is essential to advancing our knowledge of the underlying causes of cardiovascular disease. Impaired maturation can lead to the development of cardiomyopathy, particularly dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). Recent studies have confirmed the involvement of the ACTN2 and RYR2 genes in the maturation process, facilitating the functional maturation of the sarcomere and calcium handling. Defective sarcomere and electrophysiological maturation have been linked to severe forms of cardiomyopathy. This report presents a rare case of DCM with myocardial non-compaction, probably resulting from allelic collapse of both the ACTN2 and RYR2 genes. Case Presentation: The proband in this case was a four-year-old male child who presented with a recurrent and aggressive reduction in activity tolerance, decreased ingestion volume, and profuse sweating. Electrocardiography revealed significant ST-T segment depression (II, III, aVF V3-V6 ST segment depression &gt;0.05 mV with inverted T-waves). Echocardiography showed an enlarged left ventricle and marked myocardial non-compaction. Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging revealed increased left ventricular trabeculae, an enlarged left ventricle, and a reduced ejection fraction. Whole exome sequencing revealed a restricted genomic depletion in the 1q43 region (chr1:236,686,454-237,833,988\/Hg38), encompassing the coding genes ACTN2, MTR, and RYR2. The identified variant resulted in heterozygous variations in these three genes, with the ACTN2 g.236,686,454-236,764,631_del and RYR2 g.237,402,134-237,833,988_del variants being the dominant contributors to the induction of cardiomyopathy. The patient was finally diagnosed with DCM and left ventricular myocardial non-compaction. Conclusions: This study reports a rare case of DCM with myocardial non-compaction caused by the allelic collapse of the ACTN2 and RYR2 genes. This case provides the first human validation of the critical role of cardiomyocyte maturation in maintaining cardiac function and stability and confirms the key findings of previous experimental research conducted by our group. This report emphasizes the connection between genes involved in regulating the maturation of cardiomyocytes and the development of cardiomyopathy.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/medicina59061158","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,6,16]],"date-time":"2023-06-16T01:31:31Z","timestamp":1686879091000},"page":"1158","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Impaired Cardiomyocyte Maturation Leading to DCM: A Case Report and Literature Review"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"59","author":[{"given":"Letao","family":"Zhou","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Key Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children of MOE, Department of Pediatrics, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jinglan","family":"Huang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Key Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children of MOE, Department of Pediatrics, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Hong","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Key Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children of MOE, Department of Pediatrics, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China"},{"name":"Department of Nursing, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Hongyu","family":"Duan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Key Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children of MOE, Department of Pediatrics, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yimin","family":"Hua","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Key Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children of MOE, Department of Pediatrics, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yuxuan","family":"Guo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Key Laboratory of Molecular Cardiovascular Science of Ministry of Education, Beijing Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Receptors Research, Health Science Center, School of Basic Medical Sciences, The Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Kaiyu","family":"Zhou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Key Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children of MOE, Department of Pediatrics, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3096-4287","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Yifei","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Key Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children of MOE, Department of Pediatrics, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,6,16]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1086","DOI":"10.1161\/CIRCRESAHA.119.315862","article-title":"Cardiomyocyte Maturation: New Phase in Development","volume":"126","author":"Guo","year":"2020","journal-title":"Circ. 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