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

• Main Authors: Michel Juarez (Author), Gaspar Del Rio-Pertuz (Author), Kanak Parmar (Author), Melanie C. Bois (Author), Scott Shurmur (Author), Erwin Argueta-Sosa (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: 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...