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. 2021 Apr 20;10(1):141–159. doi: 10.1007/s40119-021-00219-5

Table 3.

Healthcare resource use whilst undiagnosed

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