In an article from 2011, mutations in the titin (TTN) gene were associated with ARVC, the same mutation as reported in both DCM and PPCM.10 11 There are numerous case reports describing the first presentation of these cardiomyopathies during the peripartum period, consistent with a common aetiological pathway. The gene discussed is TTN; the disease is arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy.