AIM: The spectrum of histological alterations, namely atrial amyloidosis, in the right and left atria of patients with chronic persistent atrial fibrillation (AF) and rheumatic heart disease is not completely known. METHODS AND RESULTS: One hundred and twenty-eight atrial appendages (66 left and 62 right), obtained from 72 patients with rheumatic valve disease and chronic AF undergoing cardiac surgery for valve replacement or repair and AF treatment were histologically evaluated for the presence of amyloid deposits. One hundred and four specimens of left and right auricles from 52 patients in sinus rhythm with severe chronic heart failure undergoing heart transplant were also analyzed (controls). Amyloid was found in 33 (46%) valvular patients with chronic persistent AF and in 6 (12%) controls. Amyloid was related to the presence and duration of AF, was more frequently found in left atrial samples and was independent of age. On stepwise logistic regression analysis, AF duration and female gender were independently related to amyloid deposition. CONCLUSIONS: Patients with long-standing AF and rheumatic heart disease have a very high prevalence of atrial amyloidosis. Amyloid deposition is more frequent in left than in right atrial appendage and correlates with AF duration and female gender. Amyloid deposition could constitute an additional histological feature in the structural remodeling of atria during long-standing AF, at least in rheumatic valve disease. Persistence of AF might play a pivotal role in promoting amyloid deposition.
AIM: The spectrum of histological alterations, namely atrial amyloidosis, in the right and left atria of patients with chronic persistent atrial fibrillation (AF) and rheumatic heart disease is not completely known. METHODS AND RESULTS: One hundred and twenty-eight atrial appendages (66 left and 62 right), obtained from 72 patients with rheumatic valve disease and chronic AF undergoing cardiac surgery for valve replacement or repair and AF treatment were histologically evaluated for the presence of amyloid deposits. One hundred and four specimens of left and right auricles from 52 patients in sinus rhythm with severe chronic heart failure undergoing heart transplant were also analyzed (controls). Amyloid was found in 33 (46%) valvularpatients with chronic persistent AF and in 6 (12%) controls. Amyloid was related to the presence and duration of AF, was more frequently found in left atrial samples and was independent of age. On stepwise logistic regression analysis, AF duration and female gender were independently related to amyloid deposition. CONCLUSIONS:Patients with long-standing AF and rheumatic heart disease have a very high prevalence of atrial amyloidosis. Amyloid deposition is more frequent in left than in right atrial appendage and correlates with AF duration and female gender. Amyloid deposition could constitute an additional histological feature in the structural remodeling of atria during long-standing AF, at least in rheumatic valve disease. Persistence of AF might play a pivotal role in promoting amyloid deposition.
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