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ReviewHeart failure reviews2024

Valvular heart disease in patients with cardiac amyloidosis.

Alberto Aimo, Lara Camerini, Iacopo Fabiani, Paolo Morfino, Giorgia Panichella, Andrea Barison, Angela Pucci, Vincenzo Castiglione, Giuseppe Vergaro, Gianfranco Sinagra and 1 more

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Review in Heart failure reviews, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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24citing papers in PubMed
5.4field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 35 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Alberto Aimo *Interdisciplinary Center for Health Sciences, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Piazza Martiri della Libertà 33, 56127, Pisa, Italy. albertoaimo@libero.it.ORCID 0000-0001-9129-9519
Lara Camerini *Interdisciplinary Center for Health Sciences, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Piazza Martiri della Libertà 33, 56127, Pisa, Italy.
Iacopo FabianiCardiology Division, Fondazione Toscana Gabriele Monasterio, Pisa, Italy.
Paolo MorfinoInterdisciplinary Center for Health Sciences, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Piazza Martiri della Libertà 33, 56127, Pisa, Italy.
Giorgia PanichellaInterdisciplinary Center for Health Sciences, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Piazza Martiri della Libertà 33, 56127, Pisa, Italy.
Andrea BarisonInterdisciplinary Center for Health Sciences, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Piazza Martiri della Libertà 33, 56127, Pisa, Italy.
Angela PucciHistopathology Department, University Hospital of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
Vincenzo CastiglioneInterdisciplinary Center for Health Sciences, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Piazza Martiri della Libertà 33, 56127, Pisa, Italy.
Giuseppe VergaroInterdisciplinary Center for Health Sciences, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Piazza Martiri della Libertà 33, 56127, Pisa, Italy.
Gianfranco SinagraCenter for Diagnosis and Treatment of Cardiomyopathies, Cardiovascular Department, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Giuliano-Isontina (ASUGI) and University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy.
Michele EmdinInterdisciplinary Center for Health Sciences, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Piazza Martiri della Libertà 33, 56127, Pisa, Italy.
Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna · ITAzienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Pisana · ITFondazione Toscana Gabriele Monasterio · ITUniversity of Trieste · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cardiac amyloidosis (CA) is an underdiagnosed condition caused by the deposition of misfolded proteins, namely immunoglobulin light chains and transthyretin, in the extracellular spaces of the heart. Any cardiovascular structure can be affected by amyloid infiltration, including the valves. Amyloid accumulation within the cardiac valves may lead to their structural and functional impairment, with a profound impact on patients' prognosis and quality of life. The most common forms of valvular disease in CA are aortic stenosis (AS), mitral regurgitation (MR), and tricuspid regurgitation (TR). CA and AS share similar risk factors, disease mechanisms, and remodeling patterns, which make their diagnosis particularly challenging. Patients with both CA and AS experience worse outcomes than CA or AS alone, and transcatheter aortic valve replacement may represent a useful therapeutic strategy in this population. Data on MR and TR are quite limited and mainly coming from case reports or small series. This review paper will summarize our current understanding on the epidemiology, disease mechanisms, echocardiographic features, clinical implications, and therapeutic options of AS, MR, and TR in patients with CA.

Indexed as

AmyloidosisAortic Valve StenosisHeart Valve DiseasesMitral Valve InsufficiencyTricuspid Valve InsufficiencyHumansQuality of LifeAortic valveCardiac amyloidosisCardiomyopathyMitral valveValve disease

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PMID37735319
PMCPMC10904406
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