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Cardiac Amyloidosis Phenotype Associated With a Glu89Lys Transthyretin Mutation.
The Canadian journal of cardiology - 1 Jun 2017
Bourque Pierre R, McCurdy Arleigh R, Mielniczuk Lisa M, Dennie Carole, Veinot John P, Warman Chardon Jodi
Abstract excerpt
We report a 45-year-old man with rapidly progressive cardiac amyloidosis, who required heart transplantation within 2 years of symptomatic onset. Hematologic testing and initial tissue biopsy results confirmed amyloid infiltration but were inconclusive for the amyloidogenic protein source. Mass spectroscopy and transthyretin (TTR) sequencing were required to reach a diagnosis of TTR amyloidosis resulting from a...
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