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A strange case of Transthyretin Cardiac Amyloidosis in the Elderly: a diagnostic challenge.

Bruno Simeone, Cinzia Zuchi, Anna Mengoni, Erberto Carluccio, Paolo Biagioli, R Lauciello, Giuseppe Sasso, F Scavelli, Evaristo Di Rocco, Giuseppe Ambrosio

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Abstract: Transthyretin (TTR)-related cardiac amyloidosis is a progressive infiltrative cardiomyopathy that mimics hypertensive, hypertrophic heart disease and may go undiagnosed. We here report the case of a 83-year-old woman, which has rapresented an unique case of transthyretin-related cardiac amyloidosis, as a patient with an initial diagnosis of hypertensive heart disease later develops an infiltrative cardiomyopathy due to amyloid deposits.

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Abstract: Transthyretin (TTR)-related cardiac amyloidosis is a progressive infiltrative cardiomyopathy that mimics hypertensive, hypertrophic heart disease and may go undiagnosed. We here report the case of a 83-year-old woman, which has rapresented an unique case of transthyretin-related cardiac amyloidosis, as a patient with an initial diagnosis of hypertensive heart disease later develops an infiltrative cardiomyopathy due to amyloid deposits.

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Abstract: Transthyretin (TTR)-related cardiac amyloidosis is a progressive infiltrative cardiomyopathy that mimics hypertensive, hypertrophic heart disease and may go undiagnosed. We here report the case of a 83-year-old woman, which has rapresented an unique case of transthyretin-related cardiac amyloidosis, as a patient with an initial diagnosis of hypertensive heart disease later develops an infiltrative cardiomyopathy due to amyloid deposits.

Key concepts: Transthyretin, Cardiac amyloidosis, Amyloidosis, Medicine, Restrictive cardiomyopathy, Cardiomyopathy, Amyloid (mycology), Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

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