A national survey on prevalence of possible echocardiographic red flags of amyloid cardiomyopathy in consecutive patients undergoing routine echocardiography: study design and patients characterization - the first insight from the AC-TIVE Study

Affiliations

• ¹ Cardiovascular Department, Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Cardiomyopathies, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Giuliano-Isontina (ASUGI) and University of Trieste, Via Valdoni 1, 34149 Trieste, Italy.
• ² Division of Cardiology, Department of Medical Biotechnologies, University of Siena, Viale Mario Bracci 16, 53100, Siena, Italy.
• ³ Division of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Fondazione Toscana Gabriele Monasterio and Istituto di Scienze della Vita, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Via Giuseppe Moruzzi 1, 56124, Pisa, Italy.
• ⁴ Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University, Via di Grottarossa 1035-39, 00189, Rome, Italy.
• ⁵ Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, Cardiology Unit, IRCCS, University Sant'Orsola Hospital, University of Bologna, Via Massarenti 9, 40138, Bologna, Italy.
• ⁶ Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Unit, University of Genova, Viale Benedetto XV 10, 16132, Genova, Italy.
• ⁷ Ospedale Policlinico San Martino IRCCS, Largo Rosanna Benzi 10, 16132, Genova, Italy.
• ⁸ Department of Cardiovascular, Neural and Metabolic Sciences, Cardiomyopathy Unit, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Piazzale Brescia, 20, 20149, Milan, Italy.
• ⁹ Department of Medicine and Surgery, University Milano, Bicocca, Piazza dell'Ateneo Nuovo 1, 20126, Milan, Italy.
• ¹⁰ Division of Cardiology, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, University of Turin, Corso Bramante 88, 10126, Turin, Italy.
• ¹¹ Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, Cardiology Unit, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Piazza Giulio Cesare 11, 70124, Bari, Italy.
• ¹² Cardiomyopathy Unit, Careggi University Hospital, University of Florence, Largo Brambilla 3, 50134, Florence, Italy.
• ¹³ Department of Cardiology, University of Messina, Via Consolare Valeria 1, 98125, Messina, Italy.
• ¹⁴ Department of Nuclear Medicine, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Giuliano-Isontina (ASUGI) and University of Trieste, Strada di Fiume 447, 34129, Trieste, Italy.
• ¹⁵ Cardiology, Department of Medical and Surgical Specialities, Radiological Sciences and Public Health, University of Brescia, Piazzale Spedali Civili 1, 25123, Brescia, Italy.
• ¹⁶ Cardiology Unit, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Ferrara, Cona, Via Aldo Moro 8, 44124, Ferrara, Italy.
• ¹⁷ Department of Translational Medical Sciences, Inherited and Rare Heart Disease, Vanvitelli Cardiology, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Piazza Luigi Miraglia 2, 80138, Napoli, Italy.
• ¹⁸ Emergency Department and Amyloid Research and Treatment Center, IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo Foundation, Viale Camillo Golgi 19, 27100, Pavia, Italy.
• ¹⁹ Department of Internal Medicine, University of Pavia, Via Aselli 43/45, 27100, Pavia, Italy.
• ²⁰ Cardiovascular Center, University of Ferrara, Via Savonarola 9, 44121, Ferrara, Italy.
• ²¹ Maria Cecilia Hospital, GVM Care & Research, Via Corriera, 1, 48033, Cotignola, Italy.