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Left ventricular wall thickness and severity of cardiac disease in women and men with transthyretin amyloidosis

2023; Elsevier BV; Volume: 25; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1002/ejhf.2824

1879-0844

Alberto Aimo, Daniela Tomasoni, Aldostefano Porcari, Giuseppe Vergaro, Vincenzo Castiglione, Claudio Passino, Marianna Adamo, Maria Giulia Bellicini, Carlo Lombardi, Matilde Nardi, Gloria Palamara, Guerino Giuseppe Varrà, Riccardo Saro, Valentina Allegro, Marco Merlo, Gianfranco Sinagra, Marco Metra, Michele Emdin, Claudio Rapezzi,

Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Advances

Abstract Aims Cardiac amyloidosis (CA) is due to a deposition of amyloid fibrils in the heart causing an increase in wall thickness. A left ventricular (LV) wall thickness ≥12 mm plus at least one red flag should raise the suspicion of CA. As normal values of LV wall thickness are lower in women, the adoption or the same cut‐off values for men and women could lead to underdiagnosis or delayed diagnosis in women. We investigated the relationship between LV wall thickness and the severity of cardiac involvement in women and men with transthyretin (ATTR) CA. Methods and results We evaluated 330 consecutive patients diagnosed with ATTR‐CA at three centres (Pisa, n = 232; Brescia, n = 69; Trieste, n = 29). Interventricular septum (IVS) and posterior wall (PW) thickness values were lower in women ( n = 53, 16%) than men, but most differences were abolished when indexing by body surface area (BSA), height, or height 2.7 , suggesting similar disease severity when accounting for the smaller body size of women. PW thickness indexed for height 2.7 was even higher in women. We also searched for correlations between IVS and PW thickness and other indicators of the severity of cardiac disease. IVS values indexed by height 2.7 displayed tighter associations with N‐terminal pro‐B‐type natriuretic peptide values than non‐indexed IVS values. Similarly, indexed values displayed closer relationships with relative wall thickness, E/e' ratio, and tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion. Conclusions Indexed LV wall thickness values, particularly by height 2.7 , reflect more accurately the severity of cardiac involvement than non‐indexed values.