• Int. J. Cardiol. · Sep 2021

    External validation of the increased wall thickness score for the diagnosis of cardiac amyloidosis.

    • Emanuele Monda, Giuseppe Palmiero, Michele Lioncino, Marta Rubino, Martina Caiazza, Francesca Dongiglio, and Giuseppe Limongelli.
    • Inherited and Rare Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Translational Medical Sciences, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy.
    • Int. J. Cardiol. 2021 Sep 15; 339: 99-101.

    IntroductionThis study aimed to validate the increased wall thickness (IWT) score, a multiparametric echocardiographic score to facilitate diagnosis of cardiac amyloidosis (CA), in an independent population of patients with increased LV wall thickness suspicious for CA.MethodsBetween January 2019 and December 2020, 152 consecutive patients with increased LV wall thickness suspicious for CA were included. For all patient, the multiparametric echocardiographic score (IWT score) was calculated. To validate the diagnostic accuracy of an IWT score ≥ 8 to predict the diagnosis of CA, sensibility (Se), specificity (Sp), positive predictive value (PPV), negative predictive value (NPV), and predictive accuracy (PA) were calculated.ResultsAmong the 152 patients included in the study, 50 (33%) were diagnosed as CA, 25 (16%) had severe aortic stenosis, 25 (16%) had hypertensive remodeling, and 52 (34%) had hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Among the 50 and 102 patients with and without CA, 19 (38%) and 1 (1%) showed an IWT score ≥ 8, respectively. Overall, the diagnostic accuracy of an IWT score ≥ 8 for the diagnosis of CA in our population was the following: Se 38% (95%CI 25-53%); Sp 99% (95%CI 95-100%); PPV 95% (95%CI 72-99%); NPV 77% (95%CI 73-80%); PA 79% (95%CI 72-85%).ConclusionsThis study reports the first external validation of the IWT score for the diagnosis of CA in patients with increased LV wall thickness. A score ≥ 8 showed a high Sp, PPV and PA, suggesting that the IWT score can be used to identify CA patients in those with increased LV wall thickness.Copyright © 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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