Transthyretin (TTR)-related cardiac amyloidosis is a progressive infiltrative cardiomyopathy that mimics hypertensive, hypertrophic heart disease and may go undiagnosed. We here report the case of a 83-year-old woman, which has rapresented an unique case of transthyretin-related cardiac amyloidosis, as a patient with an initial diagnosis of hypertensive heart disease later develops an infiltrative cardiomyopathy due to amyloid deposits
A strange case of transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis in the ederly: a diagnostic challenge / Simeone, Beatrice; Zuchi, Cinzia; Mengoni, Anna; Carluccio, Erberto; Biagioli, Paolo; Lauciello, Rosanna; Sasso, Giuseppina; Scavelli, Francesca; Rocco, Erica; Ambrosio, Giuseppe. - In: LA CLINICA TERAPEUTICA. - ISSN 0009-9074. - 174:3(2023), pp. 235-239. [10.7417/CT.2023.2526]
A strange case of transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis in the ederly: a diagnostic challenge
Beatrice Simeone
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2023
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Transthyretin (TTR)-related cardiac amyloidosis is a progressive infiltrative cardiomyopathy that mimics hypertensive, hypertrophic heart disease and may go undiagnosed. We here report the case of a 83-year-old woman, which has rapresented an unique case of transthyretin-related cardiac amyloidosis, as a patient with an initial diagnosis of hypertensive heart disease later develops an infiltrative cardiomyopathy due to amyloid deposits| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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