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Heart Failure & Amyloidosis

October 27, 2022

Heart failure occurs when the heart muscle doesn’t pump blood as well as it should. Many medical conditions that damage the heart muscle can cause heart failure, such as Coronary artery disease, Heart attack, Obesity, Kidney disease, Diabetes, and Cardiomyopathy. Here we summarize how cardiac amyloidosis is associated with heart failure.

Filed Under: Featured News, What Is Amyloidosis Tagged With: Amyloid cardiomyopathy, amyloidosis, amyloidosis diagnosis, ATTR amyloidosis, ATTR-CM, cardiac amyloidosis, cardiomyopathy, diagnosing amyloidosis, heart failure

ATTR-CM (cardiomyopathy) vs ATTR-PN (peripheral neuropathy)

June 23, 2022

Over the course of the past two months, we spent time discussing two of the most common hallmark symptoms of ATTR amyloidosis: cardiomyopathy and peripheral neuropathy. In this article, we’ll briefly recap both hallmark symptoms as well as bring it all together by discussing the two most common forms of ATTR amyloidosis: ATTR cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM) and ATTR peripheral neuropathy (ATTR-PN).

Filed Under: Featured News, What Is Amyloidosis Tagged With: amyloidosis, amyloidosis diagnosis, ATTR amyloidosis, ATTR-CM, ATTR-PN, attrv, ATTRwt, cardiomyopathy, hATTR, neuropathy, polyneuropathy

Cardiomyopathy & Amyloidosis

April 28, 2022

Cardiomyopathy is a broad term that is used to describe disease of the heart muscle, making it difficult for the heart to provide the body with an adequate blood supply. It can lead to heart failure and even death. In this article, we’ll discuss the types of cardiomyopathy and its connection to amyloidosis.

Filed Under: Featured News, What Is Amyloidosis Tagged With: AL amyloidosis, amyloid protein, amyloidosis, amyloidosis diagnosis, ATTR amyloidosis, ATTRwt, cardiac amyloidosis, cardiomyopathy, heart failure

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