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A Case of Early Hereditary Transthyretin Amyloid Cardiomyopathy Recognition With Genetic Screening: A Case Report.
Journal of primary care & community health - 1 Jan 2000
Juarez Michel, Del Rio-Pertuz Gaspar, Parmar Kanak, Bois Melanie C, Shurmur Scott, Argueta-Sosa Erwin
Abstract excerpt
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 disease is increasing, and best practices to identify it are being proposed. The approach to suspected cases of ATTR-CM...
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