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A review of transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis Cover
Open Access
|Mar 2023

Abstract

Transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis is a progressive disease known to cause heart failure, conduction anomalies, and arrythmias. Due to poor outcomes and mortality from severe cardiomyopathy, prevalence and incident rates are often underreported. As global longevity is increasing and rates of amyloidosis are also increasing, there is a need to improve diagnostic and therapeutic interventions. Previously, symptom management and transplantation were the mainstay of treatment for heart failure symptoms, but studies using RNAi and siRNA technologies have shifted the paradigm of therapeutic strategy in amyloid cardiomyopathy management. Additionally, early detection and clinical monitoring with numerous imaging and non-imaging techniques are being increasingly investigated. Here, we review the epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management of transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rjim-2022-0018 | Journal eISSN: 2501-062X | Journal ISSN: 1220-4749
Language: English
Page range: 28 - 34
Submitted on: Oct 6, 2022
Published on: Mar 16, 2023
Published by: N.G. Lupu Internal Medicine Foundation
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2023 Nikita Jhawar, Juan Carlos Leoni Moreno, Razvan Chirila, published by N.G. Lupu Internal Medicine Foundation
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