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ReviewEuropean journal of internal medicine2020

Transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy: An uncharted territory awaiting discovery.

Aldostefano Porcari, Marco Merlo, Claudio Rapezzi, Gianfranco Sinagra

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In one paragraph

Review in European journal of internal medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04738266 (A National Survey of Prevalence and Accuracy of Echocardiographic Red Flags of Amyloid Cardiomyopathy in Consecutive Patients Undergoing Routine Echocardiography.), which is not on this map. Cited by 33 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT04738266 unknown statusnot on this map

A National Survey of Prevalence and Accuracy of Echocardiographic Red Flags of Amyloid Cardiomyopathy in Consecutive Patients Undergoing Routine Echocardiography.

Typeobservational_patient_registrySponsorUniversity of TriesteRan2020 to 2021Enrolled381ConditionsAmyloid CardiomyopathyArmsAmyloid Cardiomyopathy
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

33 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  18. Transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis.Cardiovascular research · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Aldostefano PorcariCenter for Diagnosis and Treatment of Cardiomyopathies, Cardiovascular Department, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Giuliano-Isontina (ASUGI), University of Trieste, Italy.
Marco MerloCenter for Diagnosis and Treatment of Cardiomyopathies, Cardiovascular Department, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Giuliano-Isontina (ASUGI), University of Trieste, Italy.
Claudio RapezziCardiovascular Center, University of Ferrara, Italy; GVM Care & Research, Cotignola, Italy.
Gianfranco SinagraCenter for Diagnosis and Treatment of Cardiomyopathies, Cardiovascular Department, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Giuliano-Isontina (ASUGI), University of Trieste, Italy. Electronic address: gianfranco.sinagra@asugi.sanita.fvg.it.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-AC) is an under-recognized and underdiagnosed disease. Although traditionally considered a rare condition, the epidemiology of the disease is rapidly changing due to the possibility of non-invasive diagnosis through cardiac scintigraphy with bone tracers and novel disease-modifying treatments providing survival advantages. Nevertheless, many questions and grey areas have to be addressed, such as the natural history of ATTR-AC, the role and implications of genotype-phenotype interactions, the best clinical management, prognostic stratification and the most appropriate treatments, including those already recommended for patients with heart failure. Clinicians have to cope with old beliefs and evolving concepts in ATTR-AC. A wide horizon of possibilities for physicians of many specialties is unfolding and awaits discovery.

Indexed as

AmyloidosisCardiomyopathiesHeart FailureHeartHumansPrealbuminPrealbuminCardiac amyloidosisDisease-modifying therapiesGrey zonesPrognostic stratificationTransthyretin

Identifiers

PMID33032855
PMCPMC7534738

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