A Case of Early Hereditary Transthyretin Amyloid Cardiomyopathy Recognition With Genetic Screening: A Case Report

• Glavni autori: Michel Juarez (Autor), Gaspar Del Rio-Pertuz (Autor), Kanak Parmar (Autor), Melanie C. Bois (Autor), Scott Shurmur (Autor), Erwin Argueta-Sosa (Autor)
• Format: Knjiga
• Izdano: SAGE Publishing, 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Teme: article
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Background: Transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM) is one of the most common types of cardiac amyloidosis. Amyloid cardiomyopathy more commonly affects men, elderly, and 3% to 4% of the African-American population. ATTR-CM suspicion and diagnosis is challenging; however, awareness of the dis...