Prevalence of transthyretin amyloidosis among heart failure patients with preserved ejection fraction in Japan

• Published in: ESC Heart Failure Vol. 10; no. 3; pp. 1896 - 1906
• Main Authors: Naito, Takanori, Nakamura, Kazufumi, Abe, Yukio, Watanabe, Hiroyuki, Sakuragi, Satoru, Katayama, Yusuke, Kihara, Hajime, Okizaki, Atsutaka, Kawai, Yusuke, Yoshikawa, Masaki, Takaishi, Atsushi, Fujio, Hideki, Otsuka, Hiroaki, Ogura, Soichiro, Ito, Hiroshi, Nomura, Nanaka, Matsumura, Yoshiki, Nakashima, Mitsutaka, Nikaido, Kiichi, Ono, Tamaki, Kawamura, Kohei, Arai, Junya, Tobita, Satoshi, Takahashi, Sho, Tanimoto, Masashi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.06.2023; John Wiley and Sons Inc; Wiley
• Subjects: Amyloidosis; Biopsy; Cardiology; Cardiomyopathy; Cardiovascular disease; Ejection fraction; Electrocardiography; Heart failure; Histology; Hospitals; Hypertension; Left ventricular hypertrophy; Magnetic resonance imaging; Original; Participation; Patients; Proteins; Scintigraphy; Tomography; Transthyretin amyloidosis; Japan

Aims Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), which is caused by wide various conditions, has become a major public health problem. Transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR‐CM), which is thought to be an underdiagnosed disease, can cause HFpEF. Non‐invasive diagnosis using 99mTechne...