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Refractory Heart Failure of Unknown Etiology May Be Cardiac Amyloid If Preceded by Hereditary Neurological Symptoms

Transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis results from the deposition of transthyretin amyloid fibrils in the myocardium. This happens because of the misfolding of genetically normal (wild type - ATTR) or mutant (hereditary ATTR) transthyretin. The clinical presentation of hereditary ATTR cardiac amyloidosi...

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Autores principales: Mene-Afejuku, Tuoyo 0, Akinlonu, Adedoyin A, Graham, Adenike N, Akinboboye, Ola
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7445096/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32850258
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.9392