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Occult Transthyretin Cardiac Amyloid in Severe Calcific Aortic Stenosis. Prevalence and Prognosis in Patients Undergoing Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement

Treibel, TA; Fontana, M; Gilbertson, JA; Castelletti, S; White, SK; Scully, PR; Roberts, N; ... Moon, JC; + view all (2016) Occult Transthyretin Cardiac Amyloid in Severe Calcific Aortic Stenosis. Prevalence and Prognosis in Patients Undergoing Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement. Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging , 9 (8) , Article e005066. 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.116.005066. Green open access

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Calcific aortic stenosis (cAS) affects 3% of individuals aged >75 years, leading to heart failure and death unless the valve is replaced. Wild-type transthyretin cardiac amyloid is also a disorder of ageing individuals. Prevalence and clinical significance of dual pathology are unknown. This study explored the prevalence of wild-type transthyretin amyloid in cAS by myocardial biopsy, its imaging phenotype and prognostic significance. METHODS AND RESULTS: A total of 146 patients with severe AS requiring surgical valve replacement underwent cardiovascular magnetic resonance and intraoperative biopsies; 112 had cAS (75±6 years; 57% men). Amyloid was sought histologically using Congo red staining and then typed using immunohistochemistry and mass spectrometry; patients with amyloid underwent clinical evaluation including genotyping and ⁹⁹^m^TC-3,3-diphosphono-1,2-propanodicarboxylic-acid (DPD) bone scintigraphy. Amyloid was identified in 6 of 146 patients, all with cAS and >65 years (prevalence 5.6% in cAS >65). All 6 patients had wild-type transthyretin amyloid (mean age 75 years; range, 69–85; 4 men), not suspected on echocardiography. Cardiovascular magnetic resonance findings were of definite cardiac amyloidosis in 2, but could be explained solely by AS in the other 4. Postoperative DPD scans demonstrated cardiac localization in all 4 patients who had this investigation (2 died prior). At follow-up (median, 2.3 years), 50% with amyloid had died (versus 7.5% in cAS; 6.9% in age >65 years). In univariable analyses, the presence of transthyretin amyloidosis amyloid had the highest hazard ratio for death (9.5 [95% confidence interval, 2.5–35.8]; P=0.001). CONCLUSIONS: Occult wild-type transthyretin cardiac amyloid had a prevalence of 6% among patients with AS aged >65 years undergoing surgical aortic valve replacement and was associated with a poor outcome.

Type: Article
Title: Occult Transthyretin Cardiac Amyloid in Severe Calcific Aortic Stenosis. Prevalence and Prognosis in Patients Undergoing Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.116.005066
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.116.005066
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords: aortic stenosis, calcific, aortic valve stenosis, biopsy, Congo red, mass spectrometry
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Medicine
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Medicine > Inflammation
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Cardiovascular Science
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Cardiovascular Science > Clinical Science
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health > Developmental Biology and Cancer Dept
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10049614
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