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Gastrointestinal manifestations are common across all hereditary transthyretin amyloidosisexternal link, opens in a new tab (ATTRv) genotypes. However, they are…

Awareness of transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM) has increased over the years due to diagnostic and therapeutic developments. Timely initiation of novel…

Amyloidosis is a systemic disorder characterized by the extracellular deposition of amyloid fibrils in various tissues, with the potential for cardiac involvement.…

Rare diseases (RD) affect a small number of people compared to the general population and are mostly genetic in origin. The first clinical signs often appear at…

Simple SummaryLight-chain (AL) amyloidosis is a rare disease similar to the more common disease, multiple myeloma (MM). Both are caused by proliferation of…

A 76-year-old woman was found to have abnormally enlarged and calcified bilateral axillary lymph nodes on a screening mammogram (Figure 1). These correlated with…

Extract A 76-year-old woman was found to have abnormally enlarged and calcified bilateral axillary lymph nodes on a screening mammogram (Figure 1). These…

The immediate goal for therapy in patients with systemic immunoglobulin light chain amyloidosis (AL) is to swiftly achieve at least a hematologic very good partial…

Clinical pathways in the evaluation and management of cardiac amyloidosis (CA) are haphazard in Malaysia. Presented here are two cases that serve as examples of how…

Study Questions:What is the prognostic importance of an increase in N-terminal pro–B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) and outpatient diuretic intensification (…