Diagnosis and screening of patients with hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis (hATTR): current strategies and guidelines

MD Benson, NR Dasgupta, R Rao - Therapeutics and Clinical Risk …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
… that forms amyloid fibrils … amyloidosis is determined by the amyloid-forming protein and
the organ predilection. This review will focus on transthyretin amyloidosis, a form of amyloidosis

Screening for transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy in everyday practice

RM Witteles, S Bokhari, T Damy, PM Elliott, RH Falk… - JACC: Heart Failure, 2019 - jacc.org
Transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM) is a life-… transthyretin amyloid fibrils in
the heart, and can often be overlooked as a common cause of heart failure. Delayed diagnosis

Expert consensus recommendations for the suspicion and diagnosis of transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis

MS Maurer, S Bokhari, T Damy, S Dorbala… - Circulation: Heart …, 2019 - Am Heart Assoc
… variants of TTR (mutant transthyretin amyloidosis [ATTRm]; also known as hereditary ATTR).
… -positive test from myocardial uptake of the isotope indicative of transthyretin amyloidosis

Avoiding misdiagnosis: expert consensus recommendations for the suspicion and diagnosis of transthyretin amyloidosis for the general practitioner

M Gertz, D Adams, Y Ando, JM Beirão, S Bokhari… - BMC family …, 2020 - Springer
… Once a diagnosis of ATTR amyloidosis has been made, genetic testing by TTR gene
sequencing should be performed to establish mutation status. Patients may be referred to an …

Suspicion, screening, and diagnosis of wild‐type transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy: a systematic literature review

K Bay, F Gustafsson, M Maiborg… - ESC heart …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
… , suspicion, diagnosis, and systematic screening of ATTRwt CM, … in a patient, (ii) how to
diagnose the disease, and (iii) which at‐… part of or a full diagnostic pathway for ATTRwt CM were …

Transthyretin amyloidosis

MD Benson, T Uemichi - Amyloid, 1996 - Taylor & Francis
… froin diagnostic testing, genetic counseling, prenatal testing, and treatment such as liver
transplantation. Now we are charged with the task of taking our knowledge base and pursuing …

Transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis: an update on diagnosis and treatment

H Yamamoto, T Yokochi - ESC heart failure, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
… , genetic screening for a TTR gene … TTR in cardiac amyloid deposits after LT,74 suggesting
that paradoxical progressive deposition of wild type TTR on pre-existing variant TTR amyloid

Diagnosis of transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy

AS Hafeez, AA Bavry - Cardiology and Therapy, 2020 - Springer
Transthyretin amyloid … , the diagnosis of ATTR-CM no longer requires invasive evaluation
with tissue biopsy. Here, the authors review current diagnostic tools to help clinicians diagnose

[HTML][HTML] Hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis

Y Sekijima - 2021 - europepmc.org
… The diagnosis of hereditary ATTR amyloidosis is established in … , amyloid deposits identified
on biopsy that bind to anti-TTR … pathogenic variant in TTR by molecular genetic testing. …

Transthyretin amyloidosis: testing strategies and model for center of excellence support

R Nakov, S Sarafov, M Gospodinova, A Kirov… - Clinica Chimica …, 2020 - Elsevier
… In this review, we focus on the importance of performing the most appropriate testing
strategies for ATTR amyloidosis and establishing a CoE for this rare disease. We highlight our …