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Cardiac transthyretin amyloidosis.
Heart (British Cardiac Society) - 1 Nov 2012
Dungu Jason N, Anderson Lisa J, Whelan Carol J, Hawkins Philip N
Abstract excerpt
Cardiac amyloidosis of transthyretin fibril protein (ATTR) type is an infiltrative cardiomyopathy characterised by ventricular wall thickening and diastolic heart failure. Increased access to cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging has led to a marked increase in referrals to our centre of Caucasian patients with wild-type ATTR (senile systemic) amyloidosis and Afro-Caribbean patients with the hereditary ATTR...
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