Two Decades of Cardiac Amyloidosis: A Danish Nationwide Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cardiac amyloidosis (CA) has been associated with poor outcomes. Screening studies suggest that CA is overlooked-especially in the elderly. Recent advances in treatment have brought attention to the disease, but data on temporal changes in CA epidemiology are sparse.

Objectives

The aim of this work was to describe all patients with CA in Denmark, examining changes in patient characteristics from 1998 to 2017.

Methods

All patients with any form of amyloidosis diagnosed from 1998 to 2017, as well as their comorbidities and pharmacotherapy, were identified in Danish nationwide registries. CA was defined as any diagnosis code for amyloidosis combined with a diagnosis code for heart failure, cardiomyopathy, or atrial fibrillation or a procedural code for pacemak

SUBMITTER: Westin O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8543084 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature