The Boston University study of patients with congestive heart failure led to the identification of a blood protein that can be used to help doctors identify the patients most at risk of developing ...

The cardiac amyloidosis diagnostic algorithm should always begin with a monoclonal protein screen to assess for the presence of a plasma cell disorder and, therefore, supportive evidence for AL-CM ...

Another name for this condition is cardiac amyloidosis. This article will discuss amyloid heart disease, including its symptoms, causes, diagnosis, risk factors, and treatment options.

An algorithm for evaluating patients for amyloid heart disease. The first step is to exclude any evidence of a plasma cell disorder. 99m Tc-DPD indicates 99m ...

A type of heart failure caused by a build-up of amyloid can be accurately diagnosed and prognosticated with an imaging technique, eliminating the need for a biopsy, according to a multicenter study.

In a 2020 scientific statement, the American Heart Association provided a treatment algorithm for TTR cardiac amyloidosis, which outlined a tripartite treatment strategy, comprising management of ...

[1] Diagnosis and prognosis of abnormal cardiac scintigraphy uptake suggestive of cardiac amyloidosis using artificial intelligence. The Lancet Digital Health (2024).

Cardiac amyloidosis: One of the causes of cardiac failure Considered an incurable heart condition until recently, cardiac amyloidosis results from the build-up of faulty misshapen proteins in and ...

While amyloid imaging may now be most associated with detecting plaques in the brain, it has the potential to change the way cardiac amyloidosis is diagnosed. According to first-of-its-kind ...

In cardiac amyloidosis, abnormal amyloid proteins can lead to the thickening of the heart wall, making it more challenging for the heart to fill with blood between beats.

3 San Raffaele Cassino (FR), Cassino, Italy Transthyretin related cardiac amyloidosis (TTR-CA) is an infiltrative cardiomyopathy that cause heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, mainly in ...

A type of heart failure caused by a build-up of amyloid can be accurately diagnosed and prognosticated with an imaging technique, eliminating the need for a biopsy, according to a multicenter ...