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. 2023 Apr 10;5(2):66–81. doi: 10.36628/ijhf.2023.0011

Table 1. Clinical symptoms and signs of cardiac amyloidosis.

Signs and symptoms
Cardiac
Clinical symptoms Heart failure, intolerance to beta blockers or ACE inhibitors, hypotension or normotensive if previously hypertensive
ECG Pseudo-infarct pattern, low QRS voltage to degree of LV thickness, AV conduction disease
Echocardiography Myocardial walls-granular sparkling, increased thickness of RV wall, increased valve thickness, pericardial effusion, decreased longitudinal strain, and apical sparing pattern
CMR Subendocardial /transmural LGE, increase in native T1 value and ECV in extracellular volume
Blood test Disproportionately elevated NT-proBNP, sustainably elevated troponin
Extracardiac
Peripheral neuropathy
Autonomic neuropathy
AL Proteinuria, renal failure, bruises/periorbital purpura, macroglossia, MGUS
ATTR Lumbar spinal stenosis, family history of ATTR, vitreous deposit, biceps tendon rupture, bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome

ACE = angiotensin converting enzyme; ECG = electrocardiogram; LV = left ventricle; AV = atrioventricular; RV = right ventricle; CMR = cardiac magnetic resonance; LGE = late gadolinium enhancement; ECV = extracelluar volume; NT-proBNP = N-terminal pro b type natriuretic peptide; AL = light-chain amyloidosis; MGUS = monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance; ATTR = transthyretin amyloidosis.