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Senile cardiac amyloidosis

Known as: amyloid heart disease, amyloidosis transthyretin, Cardiac amyloidosis 
Extracellular deposition in cardiac tissue of a proteinaceous material that, when stained with Congo red, demonstrates apple-green birefringence… 
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AMYLOIDOSIS, HEREDITARY, TRANSTHYRETIN-RELATED

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Amyloidosis

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Review
2018
Review
2018
Advances in Treatment of Cardiac Amyloid
Systemic amyloidosis represents a complex group of diseases with a common feature characterized by misfolded autologous proteins… 
Review
2017
Review
2017
Discordant Findings on 18F-NaF and 99mTc-HDP Bone Scans in a Patient With ATTR Cardiac Amyloidosis.
Cardiac amyloidosis is an important cause of restrictive cardiomyopathy and congestive heart failure. Bone scintigraphy with [Tc… 
2009
2009
Myeloma-associated cardiac amyloidosis. A case report.
A patient with Bence-Jones myeloma and amyloidosis was treated with cytotoxic drugs and plasmapheresis, resulting in rapid… 
2005
2005
Pulmonary hypertension related to thalidomide therapy in refractory multiple myeloma.
Thalidomide is an effective treatment both in advanced multiple myeloma (MM) and as first-line therapy in combination with… 
2005
2005
Noninvasive Evaluation of the Myocardial Substrate of Cardiac Amyloidosis by Gadolinium Cardiac Magnetic Resonance
2004
2004
Cardiac gallium uptake in amyloidosis
Causes of cardiac gallium concentration are discussed by Skye and Rao (Eur J Nucl Med 1983). However, they do not mention… 
1989
1989
[Noninvasive diagnosis of cardiac involvement by technetium-99m-pyrophosphate (Tc-99m PYP) myocardial scintigraphy in 2 cases of familial amyloid polyneuropathy and 1 case of secondary amyloidosis].
To validate the significance of technetium-99m-pyrophosphate (Tc-99m PYP) myocardial scintigraphy in diagnosing cardiac… 
1983
1983
Primary cardiac amyloidosis: an angiocardiographic clue to early diagnosis.
Restrictive cardiomyopathy produced by primary cardiac amyloidosis may have a clinical syndrome identical to noncalcific… 
1978
1978
Senile cardiac amyloid: demonstration of a unique fibril protein in tissue sections.
Antisera were raised against degrading amyloid fibrils isolated from the heart of a patient with senile cardiac amyloidosis (SCA… 
1978
1978
Echocardiographic Findings in Amyloid Cardiomyopathy
Echocardiographic manifestations of two patients with cardiac amyloidosis are presented. The findings consisted of increased…