Associazione Nazionale Medici Cardiologi Ospedalieri

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Transtyretin cardiac amyloidosis in elderly patients: always a wild type?
Anno:
2024
Background: Transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTR) exists in two forms: a genetic form transmitted by autosomal dominant inheritance (ATTRv) and a wild type form (ATTRwt). Clinically, the hereditary form tends to have an early onset in adulthood and it is characterized by a particular tropism for nervous as well as cardiac…
Role of endomyocardial biopsy in asymptomatic carriers of Transthyretin mutation: a case report.
Anno:
2024
Introduction: There are two forms of cardiac amyloidosis (ATTR-CM) from Transthyretin, one wild-type (ATTRwt) and one hereditary (ATTRv), with autosomal dominant transmission. The introduction of new specific therapies has made it possible to block the progression of the disease. The success of these therapies is mainly linked to the…