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Race, Genotype, and Prognosis in Black Patients With Transthyretin Cardiac Amyloidosis.
The American journal of cardiology - 1 Apr 2024
Khedraki Rola, Saef Joshua, Martens Pieter, Martyn Trejeeve, Sul Lidiya, Hachamovitch Rory, Ives Lauren, Estep Jerry D, Tang W H Wilson, Hanna Mazen
Abstract excerpt
Previous studies suggest worse outcomes in patients with variant transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis (ATTR-CA) because of valine-to-isoleucine substitution at Position 122 (V122I) (ATTRv-CA) compared with patients with wild-type (WT) disease (ATTRwt-CA). Given V122I is almost exclusively found in Black patients, it is unclear if this is attributable to the biology of genotype or racial differences. Patients with...
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