Unmasking Early Wild-Type Transthyretin Amyloidosis Cardiomyopathy in a Patient With Refractory Atrial Fibrillation and Unremarkable Cardiac Imaging

Circ Heart Fail. 2018 Jul;11(7):e004812. doi: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.117.004812.

Affiliations

¹ University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City (D.V., J.A., K.B., M.P.R., J.S., S.D., N.M., B.W., E.A.S., J.F., J.N.-N.).
² Huntsman Cancer Institute, Salt Lake City, UT (T.K., J.C.).
³ Cleveland Clinic, OH (E.D.K.).
⁴ University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City (D.V., J.A., K.B., M.P.R., J.S., S.D., N.M., B.W., E.A.S., J.F., J.N.-N.). jose.nativi@hsc.utah.edu.

PMID: 29921704
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.117.004812

No abstract available

Keywords: aged; amyloidosis; atrial fibrillation; humans; prealbumin.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Amyloid Neuropathies, Familial / complications
Amyloid Neuropathies, Familial / diagnosis
Amyloid Neuropathies, Familial / diagnostic imaging*
Atrial Fibrillation / complications
Atrial Fibrillation / diagnostic imaging*
Biopsy
Blood Vessels / pathology
Cardiomyopathies / diagnosis
Cardiomyopathies / pathology*
Heart Failure / diagnostic imaging*
Heart Failure / pathology
Humans
Male

Supplementary concepts

Amyloidosis, Hereditary, Transthyretin-Related