Abstract
Introduction: Amyloidosis is a systemic illness that affects multiple organ systems including cardiovascular, renal, gastrointestinal and pulmonary systems manifesting as restrictive cardiomyopathy, atrial and ventricular arrhythmias, nephrotic syndrome and gastrointestinal hemorrhage. Unknown is whether co-occurrence atrial fibrillation (AF), further worsens the outcomes in systemic amyloidosis. Hypothesis: Atrial Fibrillation worsen clinical outcomes in Amyloidosis. Methods: Patients with diagnosis of amyloidosis with and without concurrent AF were identified by querying the Healthcare Cost and Utilization (HCUP), specifically, National Inpatient Sample for year 2016 based on ICD10 codes. Results: During 2016, a total of 2997 patients were admitted with diagnosis of Amyloidosis, out of which 918 had concurrent AF. There was an increased risk of mortality (7.4% vs 5.6%), heart block (6.8% vs 2.8%), cardiogenic shock (5% vs 1.6%), placement of an ICD/CRT/PPM (14.5% vs 4.5%), renal failure (29% vs 21%), heart failure (66% vs 30%) and bleeding complications (5.7% vs 2.8%) in patients with diagnosis of Amyloidosis and concurrent AF when compared to patients with only diagnosis of Amyloidosis. It’s interesting to note that patients with amyloidosis without comorbid AF had increased risk of stroke when compared to concurrent AF (7.9% vs 3.4%). Conclusions: Concurrent AF increases the risk of heart failure, cardiogenic shock, supraventricular tachycardia, bleeding complications and an overall increase in mortality in patients with amyloidosis.
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