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			<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">abcic</journal-id>
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				<journal-title>ABC Imagem Cardiovascular</journal-title>
				<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="publisher">ABC Imagem Cardiovasc.</abbrev-journal-title>
			</journal-title-group>
			<issn pub-type="epub">2675-312X</issn>
			<issn pub-type="ppub">2318-8219</issn>
			<publisher>
				<publisher-name>Departamento de Imagem Cardiovascular da Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiolodia (DIC/SBC)</publisher-name>
			</publisher>
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			<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.36660/abcimg.20260058i</article-id>
			<article-id pub-id-type="other">00201</article-id>
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				<subj-group subj-group-type="heading">
					<subject>Editorial</subject>
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			<title-group>
				<article-title>Cardiac Amyloidosis: Is It Truly a Hypertrophic Phenotype Cardiomyopathy?</article-title>
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					<contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">0000-0001-9983-6438</contrib-id>
					<name>
						<surname>Silva</surname>
						<given-names>Tonnison de Oliveira</given-names>
					</name>
					<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"><sup>1</sup></xref>
					<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"><sup>2</sup></xref>
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					<label>1</label>
					<institution content-type="orgname">Escola Bahiana de Medicina e Saúde Pública</institution>
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						<named-content content-type="city">Salvador</named-content>
						<named-content content-type="state">BA</named-content>
					</addr-line>
					<country country="BR">Brazil</country>
					<institution content-type="original">Escola Bahiana de Medicina e Saúde Pública, Salvador, BA – Brazil</institution>
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					<label>2</label>
					<institution content-type="orgname">Hospital Cardio Pulmonar</institution>
					<addr-line>
						<named-content content-type="city">Salvador</named-content>
						<named-content content-type="state">BA</named-content>
					</addr-line>
					<country country="BR">Brazil</country>
					<institution content-type="original">Hospital Cardio Pulmonar, IDOR, Rede D'or, Salvador, BA – Brazil</institution>
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				<corresp id="c1">
					<label>Mailing Address:</label><bold>Tonnison de Oliveira Silva</bold> • Escola Bahiana de Medicina e Saúde Pública. Rua Dom João VI. Postal code: <postal-code>40285-001</postal-code>. Brotas, Salvador, BA – Brazil E-mail: <email>tonnisonsilva@hotmail.com</email>
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			<pub-date date-type="pub" publication-format="electronic">
				<day>18</day>
				<month>06</month>
				<year>2026</year>
			</pub-date>
			<pub-date date-type="collection" publication-format="electronic">
				<year>2026</year>
			</pub-date>
			<volume>39</volume>
			<issue>2</issue>
			<elocation-id>e20260058</elocation-id>
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				<title>Keywords</title>
				<kwd>Amyloidosis without hypertrophy</kwd>
				<kwd>cardiac amyloidosis</kwd>
				<kwd>hypertrophic phenotype</kwd>
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		<p>Cardiac amyloidosis is a classic example of an infiltrative disease whose predominant phenotype is characterized by a hypertrophic pattern of myocardial involvement.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B1">1</xref>,<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B2">2</xref></sup> The most relevant studies—both those focused on the development of disease-modifying therapies and cohorts evaluating diagnostic tools—have used increased ventricular wall thickness as a key criterion for suspecting cardiac amyloidosis.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B1">1</xref>–<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B6">6</xref></sup> Based on this concept, several diagnostic algorithms have proposed ventricular wall thickening as one of the major red flags for investigating amyloid cardiomyopathy.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B1">1</xref>,<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B2">2</xref></sup></p>
		<p>However, increased ventricular wall thickness does not appear to be a universal requirement for diagnosis. Emerging evidence suggests that both Immunoglobulin Light Chain Amyloidosis (AL) and Transthyretin Amyloidosis (ATTR) amyloidosis can be diagnosed, including through noninvasive methods, even in the absence of the classic hypertrophic phenotype.</p>
		<p>Devesa <italic>et al.,</italic> reported a cohort of patients with Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (ejection fraction &gt; 50%) and no increased ventricular wall thickness. In this series, the prevalence of ATTR was approximately 5%. Three patients (5%) were identified with ATTR among 58 individuals; all had the wild-type form, were older than 75 years, and had a maximum wall thickness of 11 mm.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B7">7</xref></sup></p>
		<p>In another retrospective study including 98 patients with a diagnosis of cardiac amyloidosis, participants were divided into two groups: those with increased wall thickness (defined as ≥ 12 mm) and those without (&lt; 12 mm). Wall thickness was defined as the mean of interventricular septal and inferolateral wall measurements. Of the total cohort, nine patients (9%) did not exhibit increased wall thickness (&lt; 12 mm), with a mean value of 10 mm. All cases corresponded to AL amyloidosis.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B8">8</xref></sup></p>
		<p>Muller SA <italic>et al.,</italic> in investigating the etiology of patients with Heart Failure (HF) and extracardiac red flags suggestive of amyloidosis, analyzed a sample of 114 patients with cardiac amyloidosis. Of these, 12 (11%) did not exhibit increased wall thickness (&lt; 12 mm), although they met other diagnostic criteria, including positive technetium-labeled pyrophosphate scintigraphy.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B9">9</xref></sup></p>
		<p>In a large cohort of patients with cardiac amyloidosis, 1,845 individuals were evaluated between 2006 and 2024. It was observed that 13% of AL cases and approximately 7% of ATTR cases had normal or only mildly increased left ventricular wall thickness (≤ 12 mm). Notably, women tended to have lower ventricular wall thickness. Furthermore, within the subgroup with wall thickness ≤ 12 mm, approximately 70% demonstrated increased relative wall thickness (relative wall thickness [RWT] &gt; 0.42), consistent with concentric remodeling.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B10">10</xref></sup></p>
		<p>Case reports further illustrate this clinical scenario. In a recent publication in the European Heart Journal (2024), a 69-year-old man with heart failure and a rare pathogenic variant in the transthyretin protein (TTR) gene (p.Tyr78Phe) was described. In this case, bone scintigraphy showed no tracer uptake, and echocardiography did not reveal increased wall thickness.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B11">11</xref></sup></p>
		<p>Thus, the absence of ventricular wall thickening does not exclude cardiac amyloidosis, whether AL or ATTR. Amyloid disease begins long before overt hypertrophy becomes manifest, and its absence may reflect early disease stages—although this is only one of several possible explanations. Interstitial infiltration by misfolded amyloid fibrils, associated with extracellular space expansion, proteotoxicity, disruption of myocardial architecture, inflammation, and fibrosis, may result in diastolic dysfunction, atrial enlargement, and heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, even before significant increases in ventricular wall thickness become apparent on echocardiography.<italic>12,13</italic> Moreover, a dichotomous diagnostic approach based solely on absolute cutoff values (≥ 12 mm versus &lt; 12 mm), without considering intra- and interobserver variability, anthropometric differences, and sex-related factors, may contribute to underdiagnosis. This is particularly relevant in individuals with smaller body surface area and in women, in whom absolute ventricular wall thickness tends to be lower.<italic>11</italic> When echocardiography is used exclusively as a screening tool based on isolated septal and posterior wall measurements in search of values &gt; 12 mm, its diagnostic potential may be underutilized. Echocardiographic assessment allows evaluation not only of wall thickness, but also of concentric remodeling patterns, ventricular mass, chamber dimensions, diastolic function, and myocardial strain. These parameters should be interpreted in an integrated manner in the presence of clinical suspicion of cardiac amyloidosis.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B1">1</xref>,<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B2">2</xref></sup></p>
		<p>Clinical scenarios involving rare genetic variants with atypical phenotypic presentations further reinforce that excessive reliance on the classic morphologic phenotype may delay disease recognition.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B11">11</xref></sup></p>
		<p>The presentation of cardiac amyloidosis without ventricular wall thickening should not be regarded merely as an anecdotal exception, but rather as a potential representation of earlier stages of disease, lower infiltrative burden, sex-related differences, or limitations of isolated morphologic criteria.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B7">7</xref>–<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B11">11</xref></sup></p>
		<p>This discussion does not seek to deny the hypertrophic phenotype as the most characteristic presentation of amyloid cardiomyopathy, but rather to acknowledge that it is not universal. Alternative morphological presentations need to be better understood and possibly incorporated into clinical reasoning and diagnostic workflows. This perspective can be crucial for raising early diagnostic suspicion, preventing the disease from remaining undetected until more advanced and severe stages.</p>
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			<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.36660/abcimg.20260058</article-id>
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					<subject>Editorial</subject>
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				<article-title>Amiloidose Cardíaca É Mesmo um Exemplo de Cardiomiopatia de Fenótipo Hipertrófico?</article-title>
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					<name>
						<surname>Silva</surname>
						<given-names>Tonnison de Oliveira</given-names>
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					<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff3"><sup>1</sup></xref>
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						<named-content content-type="city">Salvador</named-content>
						<named-content content-type="state">BA</named-content>
					</addr-line>
					<country country="BR">Brasil</country>
					<institution content-type="original">Escola Bahiana de Medicina e Saúde Pública, Salvador, BA – Brasil</institution>
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					<country country="BR">Brasil</country>
					<institution content-type="original">Hospital Cardio Pulmonar, IDOR, Rede D'or, Salvador, BA – Brasil</institution>
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					<label>Correspondência:</label><bold>Tonnison de Oliveira Silva</bold> • Escola Bahiana de Medicina e Saúde Pública. Rua Dom João VI. CEP: <postal-code>40285-001</postal-code>. Brotas, Salvador, BA – Brasil E-mail: <email>tonnisonsilva@hotmail.com</email>
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				<title>Palavras-chave</title>
				<kwd>Amiloidose sem hipertrofia</kwd>
				<kwd>Amiloidose cardíaca</kwd>
				<kwd>Fenótipo hipertrófico</kwd>
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			<p>A amiloidose cardíaca é um exemplo clássico de doença infiltrativa, cuja principal apresentação fenotípica corresponde a um padrão hipertrófico de acometimento miocárdico.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B1">1</xref>,<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B2">2</xref></sup> Os estudos mais relevantes, tanto aqueles voltados ao desenvolvimento de terapias modificadoras da história natural da doença quanto as coortes que avaliaram ferramentas diagnósticas, utilizaram como critério fundamental para a suspeita de amiloidose cardíaca a presença de aumento da espessura ventricular.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B1">1</xref>–<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B6">6</xref></sup> A partir desse conceito, diversos trabalhos propuseram fluxos diagnósticos nos quais o aumento da espessura da parede ventricular figura como um dos principais sinais de alerta para a investigação da cardiomiopatia amiloide.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B1">1</xref>,<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B2">2</xref></sup></p>
			<p>Entretanto, o aumento da espessura da parede ventricular não parece ser uma condição universal para o diagnóstico dessa patologia? É possível diagnosticar a amiloidose amiloidose por cadeias leves de imunoglobulinas (AL) ou amiloidose por transtirretina (ATTR), inclusive por métodos não invasivos, mesmo sem a presença do fenótipo hipertrófico clássico?</p>
			<p>Devesa <italic>et al.,</italic> publicaram uma coorte de pacientes com Insuficiência Cardíaca com Fração de Ejeção preservada (fração de ejeção &gt; 50%) e sem aumento da espessura ventricular. Nessa série, a prevalência de ATTR foi de aproximadamente 5%. Foram identificados três pacientes (5%) com ATTR, em um total de 58 indivíduos, todos com forma selvagem, idade superior a 75 anos e espessura máxima de parede de 11 mm.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B7">7</xref></sup></p>
			<p>Em outro estudo retrospectivo envolvendo 98 pacientes com diagnóstico de amiloidose cardíaca, os participantes foram divididos em dois grupos: com aumento da espessura da parede (definido como espessura ≥ 12 mm) e sem aumento (&lt; 12 mm). A espessura da parede foi definida como a média entre a espessura do septo e da parede inferolateral. Do total, nove pacientes (9%) não apresentavam aumento da espessura (&lt; 12 mm), com valor médio de 10 mm. Todos os casos correspondiam à forma AL de amiloidose cardíaca.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B8">8</xref></sup></p>
			<p>Muller <italic>et al.,</italic> ao investigarem a etiologia de pacientes com Insuficiência Cardíaca (IC) e sinais extracardíacos sugestivos de amiloidose, analisaram uma amostra de 114 pacientes com amiloidose cardíaca. Desses, 12 (11%) não apresentavam aumento da espessura da parede (espessura &lt; 12 mm), embora preenchessem outros critérios diagnósticos, como cintilografia com pirofosfato positiva.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B9">9</xref></sup></p>
			<p>Em uma grande coorte de pacientes com amiloidose cardíaca, 1.845 indivíduos foram avaliados entre 2006 e 2024. Observou-se que 13% dos casos de amiloidose AL e cerca de 7% dos casos de ATTR apresentavam espessura da parede do ventrículo esquerdo normal ou apenas discretamente aumentada (≤ 12 mm). Notavelmente, as mulheres tendiam a apresentar menores espessuras ventriculares. Além disso, nesse subgrupo com espessura ventricular ≤ 12 mm, aproximadamente 70% apresentavam aumento da espessura relativa da parede (espessura relativa de parede [ER] &gt; 0,42), caracterizando remodelamento concêntrico.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B10">10</xref></sup></p>
			<p>Relatos de caso também ilustram esse cenário clínico. Em publicação recente no European Heart Journal (2024), descreveu-se um paciente do sexo masculino, de 69 anos, com insuficiência cardíaca e portador de variante patogênica rara no gene proteína transtirretina (TTR) (p.Tyr78Phe). Nesse caso, a cintilografia óssea não demonstrou captação e o ecocardiograma não evidenciou aumento da espessura parietal.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B11">11</xref></sup></p>
			<p>Assim, a ausência de espessamento da parede não exclui amiloidose cardíaca, seja na forma AL, seja na ATTR. A doença amiloide se inicia muito antes da chamada &quot;hipertrofia&quot; manifesta, e sua ausência pode refletir estágios iniciais da enfermidade — embora essa seja apenas uma das possíveis explicações. A infiltração intersticial por fibrilas amiloides mal dobradas, associada à expansão do espaço extracelular, à toxicidade proteica, à desorganização da arquitetura miocárdica, à inflamação e a algum grau de fibrose de reparo, já pode resultar em disfunção diastólica, dilatação atrial e insuficiência cardíaca com fração de ejeção preservada, mesmo antes de se traduzir em aumento significativo da espessura ventricular detectável ao ecocardiograma.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B12">12</xref>,<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B13">13</xref></sup> Além disso, o raciocínio dicotômico baseado exclusivamente em pontos de corte absolutos (≥ 12 mm versus &lt; 12 mm), sem considerar variabilidade intra e interobservador, diferenças antropométricas e fatores relacionados ao sexo, pode contribuir para subdiagnóstico. Esse aspecto é particularmente relevante em indivíduos com menor superfície corporal e em mulheres, nos quais a espessura ventricular absoluta tende a ser menor.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B11">11</xref></sup> O ecocardiograma, quando utilizado apenas como ferramenta de rastreamento baseada na mensuração isolada do septo e da parede posterior em busca de valores &gt; 12 mm, pode ter seu potencial subaproveitado. A avaliação ecocardiográfica permite analisar não apenas a espessura parietal, mas também o remodelamento concêntrico, a massa ventricular, o tamanho das câmaras, diástole e strain miocárdico, parâmetros que devem ser considerados de forma integrada diante de suspeita clínica de amiloidose cardíaca<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B1">1</xref>,<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B2">2</xref></sup></p>
			<p>Situações relacionadas a variantes genéticas raras, com apresentações fenotípicas anômalas, reforçam que a valorização excessiva do fenótipo morfológico clássico pode retardar o reconhecimento da doença.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B11">11</xref></sup></p>
			<p>A apresentação da amiloidose cardíaca sem espessamento ventricular não representa apenas exceção anedótica, podendo representar formas mais precoces, menor carga infiltrativa detectável, diferenças relacionadas ao sexo, variantes genéticas com características distintas ou limitações do critério morfológico isolado.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B7">7</xref>–<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B11">11</xref></sup></p>
			<p>Embora o fenótipo hipertrófico seja a apresentação mais característica da cardiomiopatia amiloide, ele não ocorre universalmente. A existência dessas apresentações morfológicas alternativas precisa ser melhor compreendida e incorporada ao raciocínio clínico e aos fluxos diagnósticos. Essa perspectiva pode ser decisiva para antecipar a suspeita diagnóstica, evitando que a doença permaneça fora do radar até fases mais avançadas e de maior gravidade.</p>
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