Disease profile and differential diagnosis of hereditary transthyretin-related amyloidosis with exclusively cardiac phenotype: an Italian perspective.

C, Rapezzi; CC, Quarta; L, Obici; F, Perfetto; S, Longhi; F, Salvi; E, Biagini; M, Lorenzini; F, Grigioni; O, Leone; F, Cappelli; G, Palladini; P, Rimessi; A, Ferlini; G, Arpesella; AD, Pinna; G, Merlini; S, Perlini

doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehs123

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Disease profile and differential diagnosis of hereditary transthyretin-related amyloidosis with exclusively cardiac phenotype: an Italian perspective.

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Rapezzi C

Quarta CC

Obici L

Abstract

<h4>Aims</h4>Hereditary transthyretin (TTR)-related amyloidosis (ATTR) is mainly considered a neurologic disease. We assessed the phenotypic and genotypic spectra of ATTR in a Caucasian area and evaluated the prevalence, genetic background, and disease profile of cases with an exclusively cardiac ph...

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