Amyloidosis represents a heterogeneous group of disorders defined by the extracellular deposition of misfolded protein fibrils, which can cause severe impairment in multiple organs. In the context of ...

This transcript has been edited for clarity. Michelle M. Kittleson, MD: Welcome to Medscape InDiscussion: Heart Failure. I'm your host, Dr Michelle Kittleson. This is the seventh episode of our ...

Cardiac amyloidosis is underrecognized in patients with heart failure; however, recent improvements in the understanding of this disease have led to developments in diagnosis and treatment. Cardiac ...

A type of heart failure caused by a build-up of amyloid can be accurately diagnosed and prognosticated with an imaging technique, eliminating the need for a biopsy, according to a multicenter study ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Cardiac MRI data suggest acoramidis could improve outcomes for people with symptomatic transthyretin amyloid ...

The imaging techniques also mean the burden of amyloid on the heart, and consequently the progression of the disease, can be more precisely monitored, making it easier to detect cases where the ...

Transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis (ATTR-CA) is a frequent cause of heart failure (HF) in older Black individuals, particularly in the oldest men, the prospective SCAN-MP study affirms. The highest ...

In their analysis, Slivnick and his colleagues compared the AI model to existing clinical scoring methods commonly used to detect cardiac amyloidosis. Their results showed that it significantly ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In an early study, a gene-editing therapy drastically reduced levels of transthyretin, the protein that causes ...