Prognostic value of cardiopulmonary exercise testing in patients with transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis

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The aim of this study is to evaluate the prognostic value of cardiopulmonary testing (CPET) in a cohort of patients with transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis (ATTR-CA). ATTR-CA is associated with a progressive reduction in functional capacity. The prognostic role of CPET parameters and in particular of normalized peak VO2 (%ppVO2) remains to be thoroughly evaluated. In this study, 75 patients with ATTR-CA underwent cardiological evaluation and CPET in a National Referral Center for cardiac amyloidosis (Careggi University Hospital, Florence). Fifty-seven patients (76%) had wild-type ATTR. Median age was 80 (75-83) years, 68 patients (91%) were men. Peak oxygen consumption (14.1 ± 4.1 ml/kg/min) and %ppVO2 (68.4 ± 18.8%) were blunted. Twenty-seven (36%) patients had an abnormal pressure response to exercise. After a median follow-up of 25 (12-31) months, the composite outcome of death or heart failure hospitalization was registered in 19 (25.3%) patients. At univariate analysis %ppVO2 was a stronger predictor for the composite outcome than peak VO2. %ppVO2 and NT-proBNP remained associated with the composite outcome at multivariate analysis. The optimal predictive threshold for %ppVO2 was 62% (sensitivity: 71%; specificity: 68%; AUC: 0.77, CI 0.65-0.88). Patients with %ppVO2 ≤ 62%and NT-proBNP > 3000 pg had a worse prognosis with 1- and 2-year survival of 69 ± 9% and 50 ± 10%, respectively. CPET is a safe and useful prognostic tool in patients with ATTR-CA. CPET may help to identify patients with advanced disease that may benefit from targeted therapy.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:18

Enthalten in:

Internal and emergency medicine - 18(2023), 2 vom: 17. März, Seite 585-593

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Silverii, Maria Vittoria [VerfasserIn]
Argirò, Alessia [VerfasserIn]
Baldasseroni, Samuele [VerfasserIn]
Fumagalli, Carlo [VerfasserIn]
Zampieri, Mattia [VerfasserIn]
Guerrieri, Ludovica [VerfasserIn]
Bartolini, Simone [VerfasserIn]
Mazzoni, Carlotta [VerfasserIn]
Burgisser, Costanza [VerfasserIn]
Tomberli, Alessia [VerfasserIn]
Di Mario, Carlo [VerfasserIn]
Marchionni, Niccolò [VerfasserIn]
Olivotto, Iacopo [VerfasserIn]
Perfetto, Federico [VerfasserIn]
Fattirolli, Francesco [VerfasserIn]
Cappelli, Francesco [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

CPET
Cardiac amyloidosis
Journal Article
Prealbumin
Predicted V02
Transthyretin amyloidosis

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Date Completed 20.03.2023

Date Revised 29.07.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s11739-022-03125-3

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM349101248