Maurer, MS;
Elliott, P;
Comenzo, R;
Semigran, M;
Rapezzi, C;
(2017)
Addressing Common Questions Encountered in the Diagnosis and Management of Cardiac Amyloidosis.
Circulation
, 135
(14)
pp. 1357-1377.
10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.116.024438.
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Abstract
Advances in cardiac imaging have resulted in greater recognition of cardiac amyloidosis in everyday clinical practice, but the diagnosis continues to be made in patients with late-stage disease, suggesting that more needs to be done to improve awareness of its clinical manifestations and the potential of therapeutic intervention to improve prognosis. Light chain cardiac amyloidosis, in particular, if recognized early and treated with targeted plasma cell therapy, can be managed very effectively. For patients with transthyretin amyloidosis, there are numerous therapies that are currently in late-phase clinical trials. In this review, we address common questions encountered in clinical practice regarding etiology, clinical presentation, diagnosis, and management of cardiac amyloidosis, focusing on recent important developments in cardiac imaging and biochemical diagnosis. The aim is to show how a systematic approach to the evaluation of suspected cardiac amyloidosis can impact the prognosis of patients in the modern era.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Addressing Common Questions Encountered in the Diagnosis and Management of Cardiac Amyloidosis |
| Location: | United States |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.116.024438 |
| Publisher version: | http://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.116.024438 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Amyloidosis, cardiomyopathies, echocardiography, heart failure, diastolic, immunoglobulin light chains, magnetic resonance imaging, prealbumin, radionuclide imaging |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Cardiovascular Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Cardiovascular Science > Clinical Science |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1549832 |
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