Diagnosis, prognosis, and therapy of transthyretin amyloidosis

MA Gertz, MD Benson, PJ Dyck, M Grogan… - Journal of the American …, 2015 - jacc.org
Transthyretin amyloidosis is a fatal disorder that is characterized primarily by progressive
neuropathy and cardiomyopathy. It occurs in both a mutant form (with autosomal dominant …

Management of arrhythmias in cardiac amyloidosis

S Giancaterino, MA Urey, D Darden, JC Hsu - Clinical Electrophysiology, 2020 - jacc.org
Cardiac amyloidosis is characterized by extracellular protein fibril deposition in the
myocardium leading to restrictive heart failure. Both atrial and ventricular arrhythmias, along …

[HTML][HTML] Inflammatory and molecular pathways in heart failure—ischemia, HFpEF and transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis

D Michels da Silva, H Langer, T Graf - International journal of molecular …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Elevated pro-inflammatory biomarkers and cytokines are associated with morbidity and
mortality in heart failure (HF). Preclinical and clinical studies have shown multiple …

Atrial fibrillation in amyloidotic cardiomyopathy: prevalence, incidence, risk factors and prognostic role

S Longhi, CC Quarta, A Milandri, M Lorenzini… - Amyloid, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Although atrial fibrillation (AF) is a known complication of amyloidotic
cardiomyopathy (AC), a precise pathophysiological and prognostic characterization is not …

[HTML][HTML] Multidisciplinary approaches for transthyretin amyloidosis

H Koike, T Okumura, T Murohara, M Katsuno - Cardiology and Therapy, 2021 - Springer
Amyloidosis caused by systemic deposition of transthyretin (TTR) is called ATTR
amyloidosis and mainly includes hereditary ATTR (ATTRv) amyloidosis and wild-type ATTR …

Role of imaging in the diagnosis and management of patients with cardiac amyloidosis: state of the art review and focus on emerging nuclear techniques

WA AlJaroudi, MY Desai, WHW Tang, D Phelan… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2014 - Elsevier
Amyloidosis is an infiltrative disease characterized by deposition of amyloid fibrils within the
extracellular tissue of one or multiple organs. Involvement of the heart, cardiac amyloidosis …

Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, atrial fibrillation, and the role of senile amyloidosis

MP van den Berg, BA Mulder… - European Heart …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) and atrial fibrillation (AF) are very
common conditions, particularly in the elderly. However, the mechanisms underlying the two …

[HTML][HTML] Restrictive cardiomyopathies: the importance of noninvasive cardiac imaging modalities in diagnosis and treatment—a systematic review

A Rammos, V Meladinis, G Vovas… - Radiology research and …, 2017 - hindawi.com
Restrictive cardiomyopathy (RCM) is the least common among cardiomyopathies. It can be
idiopathic, familial, or secondary to systematic disorders. Marked increase in left and/or right …

Inotropic myocardial reserve deficiency is the predominant feature of exercise haemodynamics in cardiac amyloidosis

TS Clemmensen, H Mølgaard… - European Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Aims This study aimed to characterize invasive haemodynamics during exercise in subjects
with cardiac amyloidosis (CA). Methods and results The study population numbered 44 …

[HTML][HTML] Imaging findings of right cardiac amyloidosis: impact on prognosis and clinical course

M Tana, C Tana, G Palmiero, C Mantini… - Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Cardiac involvement from amyloidosis is of growing interest in the overall literature. Despite
cardiac amyloidosis (CA) has been considered for a long time a rare disease, the diagnostic …