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ArticleESC heart failure2024

Novel electrocardiographic criteria may render possible the more accurate recognition of cardiac amyloidosis.

András Vereckei, Gábor Katona, Gábor Szénási, László Dániel Vidács, Dóra Földeák, Hedvig Takács, Viktória Nagy, Róbert Sepp

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András VereckeiDepartment of Medicine and Hematology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary.
Gábor KatonaDepartment of Medicine and Hematology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary.
Gábor SzénásiInstitute of Translational Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary.
László Dániel VidácsDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Non-Invasive Cardiology, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary.
Dóra FöldeákDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Non-Invasive Cardiology, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary.
Hedvig TakácsDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Non-Invasive Cardiology, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary.
Viktória NagyDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Non-Invasive Cardiology, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary.
Róbert SeppDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Non-Invasive Cardiology, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary.

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aimsThe early diagnosis of cardiac amyloidosis (CA) is paramount, since there are effective therapies that improve patient survival. The diagnostic accuracy of classical electrocardiographic (ECG) signs, such as low voltage, pseudoinfarct pattern, and conduction disturbances in the diagnosis of CA, is inferior to that of the echocardiographic myocardial deformation criteria; therefore, our aim was to find more accurate novel ECG criteria for this purpose.

methodsWe tested the diagnostic value of five novel ECG criteria, two of them devised by us, in 34 patients with confirmed CA (20 transthyretin amyloidosis and 14 AL amyloidosis) and 45 control patients with left ventricular hypertrophy on echocardiography due to hypertension, valvular aortic stenosis and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. The following novel ECG criteria, that suggested CA, were tested: QRS amplitude in lead I < 0.55 mV (I < 0.55); QRS amplitude in lead aVR < 0.5 mV (aVR < 0.5); average QRS amplitude of leads I + aVR < 0.575 mV [(I + aVR) < 0.575]; average QRS amplitude of leads I + aVR/average QRS amplitude of leads V

resultsThe I < 0.55, aVR < 0.5, (I + aVR) < 0.575, (I + aVR)/(V

conclusionsThe novel ECG criteria [mostly the aVR < 0.5, (I + aVR)/(V

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Amyloid Neuropathies, FamilialVentricular Function, LeftEchocardiographyElectrocardiographyHumansStroke VolumeCardiac amyloidosisEchocardiographyElectrocardiographyMyocardial deformation

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PMCPMC10966222

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