Cardiac amyloidosis and its electrophysiologic manifestations / Jose R. Martinez-Parachini, Ansel P. Amaral
Bibliogr.: p. 202-203. - Abstr. eng. - DOI: https://doi.org/10.26430/CHUNGARICA.2022.52.3.198
In: Cardiologia Hungarica. - ISSN 0133-5595. - 2022. 52. évf. 3. sz., p. 198-203. : ill.
Amyloidosis is caused by deposition of abnormal amyloid fibrils with the feared consequence of end stage organ failure. Cardiac amyloidosis (CA) is an increasingly recognized antecedent of cardiomyopathy. CA is classified into transthy retin variants (ATTRwt - wild type and ATTRv - genetic variant) and a light chain variant (AL); each of these variants can be associated with unique electrophysiologic abnormalities. Pacing indications in current societal guidelines do not specify treatment options in infiltrative cardiac diseases, such as CA, and new disease modifying treatments are alte ring the landscape for intervention. Given the paucity of data, national and international groups have differing treatment options and recommendations. In this review, we aim to update and highlight the differing electrophysiologic changes seen in CA, their respective treatment course and suggest areas for future intervention. Kulcsszavak: cardiac amyloidosis, conduction disease, arrhythmia