Associazione Nazionale Medici Cardiologi Ospedalieri

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Percutaneous edge-to-edge repair of mitral regurgitation in cardiac amyloidosis: do it but not too much
Anno:
2024
We report the case of a 68 year old man with history of wild type TTR cardiac amyloidosis , treated with tafamidis since 1 year, symptomatic for advanced cardiac failure, already in optimal medical treatment, CRT-D, oral anticoagulation for permanent atrial fibrillation. The patient was hospitalised in our intensive…
CARDIAC AMYLOIDOSIS IN ELDERLY WITH POSITIVE SCINTIGRAPHY AND MONOCLONALITY: A DIAGNOSTIC DILEMMA
Anno:
2024
Background and aims: Clinical identification of elderly patients with both wild-type transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTR) and monoclonal gammopathy of unknown significance (MGUS) is increasing. For this reason, accurate amyloid histologic subtyping is crucial in case of concomitant positivity of bisphosphonate scintigraphy and monoclonal protein testing. We report the diagnostic work-up…