Research Article

Distinguishing Cardiac Amyloidosis and Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy by Thickness and Myocardial Deformation of the Right Ventricle

Table 4

Cardiac function and myocardial strain in CA and HCM patients with or without RV hypertrophy.

ParametersRV hypertrophyWithout RV hypertrophy
HCM (n = 23)CA (n = 42) valueHCM (n = 37)CA (n = 18) value

RVEF%49.1 ± 14.538.3 ± 15.70.00253.3 ± 12.749.9 ± 16.50.102
RVEDV-index (ml/m2)56.1 ± 12.561.2 ± 18.80.06552.1 ± 10.650.9 ± 22.20.165
RVESV-index (ml/m2)28.4 ± 9.138.4 ± 16.90.04524.3 ± 8.524.1 ± 9.20.096

Radical
RV-GPS (%)22.8 ± 11.910.5 ± 6.6<0.00123.9 ± 12.215.7 ± 6.10.021
RV-PSSR (1/s)1.6 ± 0.71.2 ± 1.00.1572.1 ± 0.31.2 ± 0.50.197
RV-PDSR (1/s)−1.4 ± 0.8−1.0 ± 0.70.150−1.6 ± 0.9−1.4 ± 0.70.443

Circumferential
RV-GPS (%)−6.4 ± 4.2−3.1 ± 2.2<0.001−5.1 ± 3.1−3.4 ± 1.80.061
RV-PSSR (1/s)−0.7 ± 0.2−0.6 ± 0.30.538−0.7 ± 0.5−0.5 ± 0.30.246
RV-PDSR (1/s)0.6 ± 0.30.5 ± 0.20.3750.6 ± 0.30.6 ± 0.30.421

Longitudinal
RV-GPS (%)−11.5 ± 5.1−4.1 ± 2.1<0.001−10.9 ± 4.8−5.8 ± 2.4<0.001
RV-PSSR (1/s)−0.6 ± 0.5−0.8 ± 0.50.159−0.9 ± 0.4−0.9 ± 0.30.564
RV-PDSR (1/s)0.8 ± 0.40.8 ± 0.40.6380.8 ± 0.40.9 ± 0.40.954
RVT (mm)7.0 ± 0.88.7 ± 1.50.0015.1 ± 1.05.5 ± 1.30.120

CA, cardiac amyloidosis; HCM, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; RVEF, right ventricular ejection fraction; EDV, end-diastolic volume; ESV, end-systolic volume; RV, right ventricular; PS, peak strain; PSSR, peak systolic strain rate; PDSR, peak diastolic strain rate; RVT, right ventricular thickness.