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. 2025 Aug 21;12(2):e002686. doi: 10.1136/openhrt-2024-002686

Table 3. Associations between echocardiography and 99mTc-PYP scintigraphy parameters.

Variable Group Positive PYP* (95% CI) P value H/CL ratio (95% CI) P value
LV mass ATTRwt 60.96 (−35.68 to 157.59) 0.210 71.19 (18.94 to 123.43) 0.009
ATTRm 111.21 (30.51 to 191.91) 0.009 134.52 (63.90 to 205.13) 0.001
IVSd ATTRwt 0.339 (0.028 to 0.650) 0.034 1.95 (1.26 to 2.63) 0.001
ATTRm 0.48 (0.18 to 0.77) 0.003 0.46 (0.18 to 0.73) 0.002
LV Mass Index ATTRwt 29.69 (−14.53 to 73.91) 0.200 36.11 (14.33 to 57.89) 0.002
ATTRm 64.77 (26.92 to 102.62) 0.002 67.81 (37.33 to 98.29) 0.001
LVPWd ATTRwt 0.27 (−0.04 to 0.58) 0.100 0.34 (0.18 to 0.50) 0.001
ATTRm 0.49 (0.23 to 0.75) 0.001 0.49 (0.25 to 0.73) 0.001
*

Positive PYP includes results yielding grade 2 or 3.

ATTRm, hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis; ATTRwt, wild type transthyretin amyloidosis; H/CL, heart-to-contralateral lung (ratio); IVSd, interventricular septal thickness at end-diastole; LV, left ventricular; LVPWd, left ventricular posterior wall thickness at end-diastole; 99mTc-PYP, technetium-99m pyrophosphate; PYP, pyrophosphate.