Case Report: A rare homozygous patient affected by TTR systemic amyloidosis with a prominent heart involvement

Case Report: A rare homozygous patient affected by TTR systemic amyloidosis with a prominent heart involvement

Hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis is a severe, adult-onset autosomal dominant inherited systemic disease predominantly affecting the peripheral and autonomic nervous system, heart, kidney, and the eyes. We present a case of a Caucasian 65-year-old man with cardiac amyloidosis and the homozygous m...

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Main Authors: Emanuele Micaglio, Gloria Santangelo, Silvia Moscardelli, Daniela Rusconi, Francesco Musca, Alessandro Verde, Laura Campiglio, Francesca Bursi, Marco Guazzi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
Subjects:
hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis cardiomyopathy
homozygous variant
Val142Ile
atrial fibrillation
stroke
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcvm.2023.1164916/full

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