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Table 1 Symptomatology of ATTRv amyloidosis

From: Expert opinion on monitoring symptomatic hereditary transthyretin-mediated amyloidosis and assessment of disease progression

Impairment

Site of amyloid deposition

Associated symptoms or conditions

Bilateral sensorimotor polyneuropathy [1, 3]

Somatic nerve fibers

Neuropathic pain or numbness in hands and feet

Walking difficulties, balance disorders

Loss of grip strength

Autonomic dysfunction [14, 15]

Autonomic nerve fibers

Sexual dysfunction

Disturbances in GI motility

Urinary disorders

Sweating abnormalities detected by clinical tests

Eye dryness

Infiltrative cardiomyopathy [16,17,18,19,20]

Cardiac extracellular matrix

Dyspnea, peripheral edema

Decrease of performance/6-min walk test

Syncope

Fatigue

Bradyarrhythmias or tachyarrhythmias

Cardiac dysautonomia [14, 21,22,23]

Autonomic cardiac nerves

Lack of increase in heart rate during exercise

Orthostatic hypotension

Syncope

Ophthalmic impairment [15, 22]

Eye

Blurred vision

Vitreous opacities

Glaucoma

Connective tissue manifestations [15, 24,25,26,27]

Tenosynovial tissues, ligaments, tendons

Carpal tunnel syndrome

  1. ATTRv hereditary transthyretin (v for variant), GI gastrointestinal