Cardiology

Amyloidosis

Questions discussed in this category

Would testing for ATTR cardiac amyloidosis be considered in an older patient with bilateral carpal tunnel surgeries and multiple spinal stenosis surgeries, but no obvious cardiac symptoms?

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What would be your index of suspicion for AL amyloidosis with cardiac involvement in a patient with MGUS to prompt further imaging (and which modality would be preferred)?

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Papers discussed in this category

Blood advances, 2018-05-22

Epidemiology of AL amyloidosis: a real-world study using US claims data.

JACC CardioOncol, 2020 Mar 17

Plasma Hepatocyte Growth Factor for Diagnosis and Prognosis in Light Chain and Transthyretin Cardiac Amyloidosis.

Mayo Clin Proc, 2010 Aug 16

Prevalence of monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance: a systematic review.

ESC Heart Fail, 2021 Dec 08

Echocardiographic and clinical predictors of cardiac amyloidosis: limitations of apical sparing.

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