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ReviewHeart failure reviews2026

Atrial fibrillation in transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy: marker of disease severity and implications for multidomain reassessment.

Carlos M Peñate, Orlando Henriquez Italin, Andrew S Dzebu, Kevin M Alexander

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Review in Heart failure reviews, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Carlos M PeñateDepartment of Cardiology, Hospital General Zona 32, IMSS, Mexico City, Mexico. drcarlospenate6@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5005-6254
Orlando Henriquez ItalinDepartment of Arrhythmia, Hospital Hermanos Ameijeiras, Havana, Cuba.
Andrew S DzebuCardiothoracic Centre, Ho Teaching Hospital, Ho, Ghana.
Kevin M AlexanderDivision of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.

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Abstract

Atrial fibrillation or flutter (AF/AFL) affects approximately 56% to 71% of patients with transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM), with prevalence rising in more advanced disease. AF usually arises on a background of amyloid atrial cardiomyopathy: atrial infiltration, increased stiffness, impaired reservoir and contractile mechanics, and a prothrombotic milieu present even in sinus rhythm. Whether AF contributes independently to mortality remains unsettled. Unadjusted analyses show higher mortality or event rates with AF, inconsistently significant; the association attenuates once amyloid severity is accounted for in single-center and trial datasets. The largest dataset, reported only as a conference abstract, is the exception: an association with a composite including cardiovascular hospitalization persisted after adjustment for stage. Its clinical relevance may lie less in mortality prediction than in symptoms, heart failure events, and thromboembolism. Conventional risk stratification performs poorly: CHA

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Amyloid Neuropathies, FamilialAtrial FibrillationCardiomyopathiesHumansRisk AssessmentSeverity of Illness IndexAnticoagulationAtrial cardiomyopathyAtrial fibrillationCatheter ablationDisease-modifying therapyTransthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy

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