Negative bone scintigraphy in wild-type transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis
Abstract Background Amyloidosis is a rare systemic disease due to the extracellular tissue deposition of a fibrillar-shaped misfolded protein, called amyloid. Only two types of proteins commonly affect the heart leading to an infiltrative cardiomyopathy: immunoglobulin light chain and transthyretin...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2020-10-01
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| Series: | BMC Cardiovascular Disorders |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12872-020-01749-x |