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ArticleJournal of cardiovascular development and disease2025

Trends in Conventional Heart Failure Therapy in a Real-World Multinational ATTR-CA Cohort.

Eva H van der Geest, Nina Ajmone Marsan, Dorien Laenens, Philippe J M R Debonnaire, Mathias Claeys, Fauto Pinto, Dulce Brito, Erwan Donal, Steven Droogmans, Nico Van de Veire and 4 more

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Eva H van der GeestDepartment of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands.
Nina Ajmone MarsanDepartment of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-7208-5769
Dorien LaenensDepartment of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-8906-2395
Philippe J M R DebonnaireDepartment of Cardiology, Sint-Jan Hospital Bruges, 8000 Bruges, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0003-1196-3016
Mathias ClaeysDepartment of Cardiology, AZ Groeninge, 8500 Kortrijk, Belgium.
Fauto PintoDepartment of Cardiology, Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, 1649-028 Lisboa, Portugal.
Dulce BritoDepartment of Cardiology, Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, 1649-028 Lisboa, Portugal.
Erwan DonalCardiologie, CHU de Rennes, Université de Rennes, F-35000 Rennes, France.ORCID 0000-0003-2677-3389
Steven DroogmansCentrum voor Hart-en Vaatziekten (CHVZ), Dienst Cardiologie, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel (UZ Brussel), Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), 1090 Brussels, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0003-3985-3249
Nico Van de VeireDepartment of Cardiology, AZ Maria Middelares, 3600 Gent, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-5154-1101
Philippe BertrandDepartment of Cardiology, Hospital Oost-Limburg, 3600 Genk, Belgium.
Takeru NabetaDepartment of Cardiology, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara 8500, Japan.
Francesca GrazianiDipartimento di Scienze Cardiovascolari-CUORE, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy.
Madelien V RegeerDepartment of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-1562-8365

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundConventional HF treatment in transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis (ATTR-CA) resulting in restrictive cardiomyopathy is debated due to absent trial evidence in this specific sub-population of heart failure (HF) patients. Current European Society of Cardiology guidelines recommend the use of diuretics and mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists (MRAs). However, beta-blockers (BBs) and angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors/angiotensin II receptor blockers (ACEi/ARBs) are often discontinued due to hypotension or bradycardia. This study assesses real-world HF treatment patterns and their impact on survival in a multinational ATTR-CA cohort.

methodsA retrospective analysis of 794 ATTR-CA patients examined baseline BB, ACEi/ARB, and MRA prescriptions. The cohort was divided based on guideline publication dates.

resultsPatients were predominantly male (73.2%) with a median age of 78 years. Prescription of diuretics (52.8%) and disease-modifying therapy (44.9%), mostly tafamidis, was common. BBs (43.7%) and ACEi/ARBs (41.2%) were prescribed more often in patients with higher NYHA class, elevated NT-proBNP, and more comorbidities. Blood pressure and heart rate were similar regardless of BB or ACEi/ARB use. BB prescription and combination therapy with BB and ACEi/ARB increased over time. Neither BB nor ACEi/ARB use significantly impacted mortality when analyzed in a multivariate Cox proportional hazard regression.

conclusionsUse of BBs and ACEi/ARBs has increased over time, particularly in advanced-stage ATTR-CA patients, and although these therapies appear to be reasonably tolerated, survival was not significantly altered.

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angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitorsangiotensin II receptor blockersbeta-blockersheart failure medicationtransthyretin cardiac amyloidosis

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PMID41149274
PMCPMC12565287

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