Congestive Heart Failure
Dec 31, 2017
Immunoglobulin light-chain amyloidosis (AL) affects multiple organs, most prominently the kidney and the heart. Renal and cardiac impairment are both associated…
Dec 10, 2015
Background:
Heart failure caused by wild-type transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTRwt) is an underappreciated cause of morbidity and mortality in the aging population.…
Jul 14, 2015
Amyloidosis refers to a group of rare but potentially fatal, protein misfolding diseases. The heart is frequently involved in the most common types, that is,…
In some patients with amyloidosis there is a build-up of amyloid deposits in the heart muscle. This may cause no symptoms at all if there is just a small amount of…