Diagnostics
Survival Outcomes in Transthyretin Cardiac Amyloidosis in the Tafamidis Era: Real-World Evidence from Greece
By Kourti FE, Antonopoulos AS, Kytinos V and 14 others.
Abstract
Background
Diagnoses of transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM) have increased in recent years, with a growing proportion of patients being identified at earlier disease stages. However, temporal trends in ATTR-CM diagnosis and survival during the tafamidis era in the Greek population remain largely unknown.
Methods
This retrospective study included 75 patients with ATTR-CM treated with tafamidis. Baseline demographic, clinical, laboratory, and echocardiographic characteristics were assessed, and survival outcomes were subsequently evaluated.
Results
Among 75 tafamidis-treated patients, 14 deaths (19%) occurred during a median follow-up of 20 months [IQR 10.0-30.5] with an estimated 30-month survival of 75%. Kaplan-Meier analysis demonstrated significantly poorer survival among patients aged ≥80 years (log-rank p = 0.013), those with NYHA class III-IV (log-rank p = 0.018), and across progressively more advanced NAC stages I-III (global log-rank p < 0.001). In contrast, survival did not differ significantly according to LVEF <50% versus ≥50% (log-rank p = 0.863) or maximal wall thickness ≥15 mm versus <15 mm (log-rank p = 0.801). After Holm correction across five comparisons, only NAC stage remained statistically significant (adjusted p < 0.001).