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Achten, Anouk, van Empel, Vanessa P. M., Weerts, Jerremy, Mourmans, Sanne, Beckers-Wesche, Fabienne, Spanjers, Mireille, Gingele, Arno, Brunner-La Rocca, Hans-Peter, Sanders-van Wijk, Sandra, Knackstedt, Christian |
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Heart & Vessels; Oct2024, Vol. 39 Issue 10, p857-866, 10p |
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Awareness of transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM) has increased over the years due to diagnostic and therapeutic developments. Timely initiation of novel disease-modifying treatments improves both morbidity and mortality, which underlines the necessity for a prompt diagnosis. Nevertheless, early diagnosis of ATTR-CM remains challenging. This is a retrospective observational cohort study of patients diagnosed with ATTR-CM. Between 2016 and 2023, 87 patients were diagnosed with cardiac amyloidosis of which 65 (75%) patients with ATTR-CM and 22 (25%) patients with light chain amyloidosis. This study included 65 ATTR-CM patients (mean age 77 ± 7 years; 86% male) of whom 59 (91%) with wild-type ATTR-CM (ATTRwt) and six (9%) with variant ATTR-CM. We observed a surge in ATTR-CM diagnoses from 3 patients/year (2016–2020) to 16 patients/year (2021–2023), driven by ATTRwt. Nevertheless, the interval between the onset of heart failure symptoms and ATTR-CM diagnosis has not changed significantly (2016–2020 27.3 months [18.6–62.4]; 2021–2023 30.0 months [8.6–57.2]; p = 0.546), driven by time to referral. Red flags for ATTR-CM preceded diagnosis by several years: left ventricular hypertrophy (79%, 5.8 years [3.3–7.0]) and carpal tunnel syndrome (49%, 6.8 years [2.3–12.1]). Despite the presence of typical red flags, symptom-to-diagnosis duration has remained similar driven by time to referral. Improved recognition of red flags for ATTR-CM could reduce the time to diagnosis and improve overall recognition. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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Complementary Index |
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