Table 3.
Publication | ATTR-CM type | Time frame (years) | Healthcare professional visits | Primary care provider visits | Cardiologist visits | Other resource use |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
% patients | ||||||
Lousada 2019 [26]a | ATTRwt-CM (N = 91) | – |
No. of different physicians seen 1: 16 2: 33 3: 16 4: 13 ≥ 5: 11 |
– |
No. of different cardiologists seen 0: 0 1: 33 2: 38 3: 13 4: 2 ≥ 5: 3 |
– |
ATTRv-CM (N = 123) | – |
1: 25 2: 14 3: 13 4: 14 ≥ 5: 23 |
– |
0: 15 1: 37 2: 22 3: 7 4: 1 ≥ 5: 2 |
– | |
Kessler 2019 [23] | Mixed (i = 68) | – |
≥ 3 HCPs seen: 69 ≥ 6 HCPs seen: 32 |
76.5 (median of 3 visits) | 75% (median of 2 visits) | – |
Lane 2019 [3] | Mixed (N not reported) | 3 | – | – | – |
Hospital stays (n): 17 (median) Inpatient hospitalizations (n): 3 (median) |
Lousada 2017 [24]a | Mixed (N = 139) | – |
≥ 3 visits: 44 ≥ 5 visits: 17 |
– | – | – |
“–” Not reported by studies
ATTR-CM transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy, ATTRv-CM hereditary transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy, ATTRwt-CM wild-type transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy, HCP healthcare professional
aPublications belong to the same parent study: Amyloidosis Research Consortium, the Amyloidosis Foundation and Amyloidosis Support Groups