Transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis: an under-diagnosed cause of heart failure

• Main Authors: Gabriela Molina O (Author), Daniel Judge (Author), Wayne Campbell (Author), Harjit Chahal (Author), Marc Mugmon (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Greater Baltimore Medical Center, 2014-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction: Cardiac amyloidosis is the most common cause of infiltrative cardiomyopathy and is associated with a poor prognosis. Transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis, particularly the type caused by the mutation that replaces the amino acid valine with the amino acid isoleucine at position 122 (Val12...