Sex Differences in Wild-Type Transthyretin Amyloidosis: An Analysis from the Transthyretin Amyloidosis Outcomes Survey (THAOS)

• Published in: Cardiology and Therapy Vol. 11; no. 3; pp. 393 - 405
• Main Authors: Campbell, Courtney M., LoRusso, Samantha, Dispenzieri, Angela, Kristen, Arnt V., Maurer, Mathew S., Rapezzi, Claudio, Lairez, Olivier, Drachman, Brian, Garcia-Pavia, Pablo, Grogan, Martha, Chapman, Doug, Amass, Leslie
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cheshire Springer Healthcare 01.09.2022; Springer
• Subjects: Amyloidosis; Cardiology; Care and treatment; Diagnosis; Genetic aspects; Internal Medicine; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; NCT; NCT00628745; Original Research; Patient outcomes; Pharmaceutical industry; Surveys; United States; Registry; ATTRwt amyloidosis; Transthyretin Amyloidosis Outcomes Survey; Sex

Introduction Wild-type transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTRwt amyloidosis) is a progressive disease resulting from the accumulation of wild-type transthyretin (TTR) amyloid fibrils, and is diagnosed primarily in males. This analysis examined sex differences in patients with ATTRwt amyloidosis from the Tr...