[Hereditary cardiac amyloidosis with transthyretin mutations. A cause of sudden death ].

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Hereditary amyloidoses present a clinically and genetically heterogeneous group of autosomal dominant diseases. The most frequent form is associated with mutations of the transthyretin gene. The type of mutation determines the process, the organs primarily involved as well as the time of onset of the disease. Life expectancy is generally limited by the degree of cardiomyopathy. The cases of two male patients who...

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