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Regression of cardiac amyloidosis following stem cell transplantation: a comparison between echocardiography and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in long-term survivors

BACKGROUND: AL amyloidosis and multiple myeloma result in extracellular deposition of insoluble fibrillary protein in tissue and organs. Untreated median survival is very poor, and even worse with cardiac involvement. Chemotherapy and peripheral blood stem cell transplantation (PBSCT) have been show...

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Autores principales: Fitzgerald, Benjamin Thomas, Bashford, John, Newbigin, Katrina, Scalia, Gregory Malcolm
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5454174/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28616564
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcha.2016.12.002