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-threatening, progressive,
infiltrative disease caused by the deposition of transthyretin amyloid fibrils in the heart, and …

Cardiac amyloidosis‐A review of current literature for the practicing physician

S Ash, E Shorer, D Ramgobin, M Vo… - Clinical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The amyloidoses are a family of diseases in which misfolded precursor proteins aggregate
to form amyloid and deposit in body tissues. A very serious yet underrecognized form of this …

Diagnosis and treatment of cardiac amyloidosis: a position statement of the ESC Working Group on Myocardial and Pericardial Diseases

P Garcia-Pavia, C Rapezzi, Y Adler, M Arad… - European heart …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Cardiac amyloidosis is a serious and progressive infiltrative disease that is caused by the
deposition of amyloid fibrils at the cardiac level. It can be due to rare genetic variants in the …

Diagnosis and treatment of cardiac amyloidosis. A position statement of the European Society of Cardiology W orking G roup on M yocardial and P ericardial D …

P Garcia‐Pavia, C Rapezzi, Y Adler… - European journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Cardiac amyloidosis is a serious and progressive infiltrative disease that is caused by the
deposition of amyloid fibrils at the cardiac level. It can be due to rare genetic variants in the …

Carpal tunnel syndrome in cardiac amyloidosis: implications for early diagnosis and prognostic role across the spectrum of aetiologies

A Milandri, A Farioli, C Gagliardi… - European journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Aims We aimed to assess carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) prevalence in transthyretin (TTR)‐
related and light‐chain amyloidosis (AL), comparing it to the general population, adjusted for …

Screening for cardiac amyloidosis 5 to 15 years after surgery for bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome

O Westin, EL Fosbøl, MS Maurer, BP Leicht… - Journal of the American …, 2022 - jacc.org
Background Bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is a common extracardiac manifestation
of amyloidosis and usually predates overt cardiac amyloidosis (CA) by several years …

[18F]-florbetaben PET/CT for differential diagnosis among cardiac immunoglobulin light chain, transthyretin amyloidosis, and mimicking conditions

D Genovesi, G Vergaro, A Giorgetti, P Marzullo… - Cardiovascular …, 2021 - jacc.org
Objectives This study aimed to test the diagnostic value of [18F]–florbetaben positron
emission tomography (PET) in patients with suspicion of CA. Background Diagnosis of …

Prevalence of wild type ATTR assessed as myocardial uptake in bone scan in the elderly population

L Mohamed-Salem, JJ Santos-Mateo… - International journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Myocardial uptake of bone tracers has emerged as useful tool for the early
detection of transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTR). The prevalence of wild-type ATTR (ATTRwt) in …

[HTML][HTML] Diagnosis and treatment of cardiac amyloidosis: an interdisciplinary consensus statement

D Bonderman, G Pölzl, K Ablasser, H Agis… - Wiener klinische …, 2020 - Springer
The prevalence and significance of cardiac amyloidosis have been considerably
underestimated in the past; however, the number of patients diagnosed with cardiac …

Clinical profile and outcome of cardiac amyloidosis in a Spanish referral center

Á López-Sainz, A Hernandez-Hernandez… - Revista Española de …, 2021 - Elsevier
Introduction and objectives Cardiac amyloidosis (CA) is produced by amyloid fiber
deposition in the myocardium. The most frequent forms are those caused by light chains …