Predictors of survival stratification in patients with wild-type cardiac amyloidosis.

F Aus dem SiepenR BauerA VossS HeinM AurichJ RiffelD MerelesC RöckenS J BussH A KatusArnt V Kristen

Published in: Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society (2017)

No sex-specific bias was observed between male and female patients with wt-ATTR regarding age at onset and morphological characteristics. Multivariable analysis revealed MAPSE and NT-proBNP as independent predictors of survival in the whole cohort, whereas midventricular longitudinal strain was the only independent predictor in patients in sinus rhythm.

Keyphrases

wild type
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
prognostic factors
atrial fibrillation
free survival
heart failure
single cell
cross sectional