Prevalence of Isolated Atrial Amyloidosis in Young Patients Affected by Congestive Heart Failure

Atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP), whose amyloid is responsible of isolated atrial amyloidosis (IAA), is known to play an important role in the pathophysiology of congestive heart failure (CHF). We provide here the microscopic examination of atrial biopsies from 36 young (mean 40 years) CHF patients...

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Autores principales: Millucci, Lia, Ghezzi, Lorenzo, Bernardini, Giulia, Braconi, Daniela, Tanganelli, Piero, Santucci, Annalisa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Scientific World Journal 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3317626/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22536133
http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/2012/293863

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