Multidisciplinary Approaches for Transthyretin Amyloidosis

• Published in: Cardiology and Therapy Vol. 10; no. 2; pp. 289 - 311
• Main Authors: Koike, Haruki, Okumura, Takahiro, Murohara, Toyoaki, Katsuno, Masahisa
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cheshire Springer Healthcare 01.12.2021; Springer
• Subjects: Cardiology; Internal Medicine; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Review; Japan; Amyloid angiopathy; Tafamidis; Treatment; Cardiac amyloidosis; Red flag; Protein misfolding disease; Patisiran; Inotersen; Scintigraphy; Positron emission tomography

Amyloidosis caused by systemic deposition of transthyretin (TTR) is called ATTR amyloidosis and mainly includes hereditary ATTR (ATTRv) amyloidosis and wild-type ATTR (ATTRwt) amyloidosis. Until recently, ATTRv amyloidosis had been considered a disease in the field of neurology because neuropathic s...