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Can echocardiography and ECG discriminate hereditary transthyretin V30M amyloidosis from hypertrophic cardiomyopathy?
Amyloid : the international journal of experimental and clinical investigation : the official journal of the International Society of Amyloidosis - 1 Jan 2015
Gustavsson Sandra, Granåsen Gabriel, Grönlund Christer, Wiklund Urban, Mörner Stellan, Henein Michael, Suhr Ole B, Lindqvist Per
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OBJECTIVE: Hereditary transthyretin (ATTR) amyloidosis with increased left ventricular wall thickness could easily be misdiagnosed by echocardiography as hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). Our aim was to create a diagnostic tool based on echocardiography and ECG that could optimise identification of ATTR amyloidosis. METHODS: Data were analysed from 33 patients with biopsy proven ATTR amyloidosis and 30 patients...
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