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. 2020 Oct 13;7(2):e001346. doi: 10.1136/openhrt-2020-001346

Table 3.

Echocardiographic characteristics

Overall population (n=118) AL (1)(n=26) Wild-type ATTR (2)(n=80) Variant-type ATTR (3)(n=12) P value 1 versus 2 Posthoc analysis 2 versus 3 3 versus 1
Interventricular wall thickness—mm 17±3 15±2 18±3 17±4 0.007 0.002 0.310 0.170
LVEF—% 51±13 52±13 50±13 56±11 0.242
LV stroke volume—mL 50±19 50±20 50±19 52±18 0.825
MCF—% 19±9 22±12 17±9 21±9 0.094
Left atrial volume index—mL/m2 43±15 38±13 45±14 43±23 0.078
E wave—cm/s 82±23 87±27 80±21 84±25 0.478
A wave—cm/s 59±31 71±38 53±26 63±29 0.129
E/A 1.5 (0.8–2.7) 1.3 (0.7–2) 1,8 (0.9–2.8) 1 (0.9–1.6) 0.324
e’ wave—cm/s 6±2 6±2 6±2 7±2 0.283
E/e’ 15±7 16±7 15±7 16±12 0.728
Deceleration time—ms 206±84 188±63 212±93 208±52 0.449
GLS—% 11±4 11±2 10±4 15±5 0.006 0.214 0.003 0.010
Relative apical LS 1.1 (0.9–1.4) 1 (0.9–1.2) 1.2 (0.9–1.5) 0.9 (0.9–1) 0.043 0.048 0.068 0.456
GWI—mm Hg% 1169±538 1094±422 1091±502 1755±730 0.012 0.840 0.004 0.010
GWE—% 87±8 89±8 86±8 91±5 0.049 0.053 0.066 0.741
Global constructive work—mm Hg% 1344±562 1225±406 1290±506 1965±822 0.013 0.654 0.005 0.008
Global wasted work—mm Hg% 120±100 101±95 128±106 107±68 0.241 0.090 0.772 0.442

Data are presented as number (percent), mean±SD if normally distributed or median (IQR) if not normally distributed.

AL, light chain amyloidosis; ATTR, transthyretin amyloidosis; GLS, global longitudinal strain; GWE, global work efficiency; GWI, global work index; LV, left ventricular; LVEF, LV ejection fraction; MCF, myocardial contraction fraction.