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The American College of Cardiology (ACC) has a long history of developing documents (eg, decision pathways, health policy statements, appropriate use criteria) to…

Background: Transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM) is a morbid condition, though recent advances in diagnosis and therapy stand to change its natural…

Amyloidosis is a collection of diseases caused by the misfolding of proteins that aggregate into insoluble amyloid fibrils and deposit in tissues. While these…

Background: Diagnostic and therapeutic advances have led to much greater awareness of transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis (ATTR-CA). We aimed to characterize changes…

The Nomenclature Committee of the International Society of Amyloidosisexternal link, opens in a new tab met at the XVIII International Symposium on Amyloidosis in…

Amyloid light chain (AL) amyloidosis - a progressive disorder caused by misfolded light chains produced by plasma cells - is associated with high mortality, poor…

Background: The study objective was to assess the effect of vutrisiran, an RNA interference therapeutic that reduces transthyretin (TTR) production, in patients…

AL amyloidosis is a life-threatening disease related to bone marrow cancer, multiple myeloma. It is caused when a person's antibody-producing white blood cells (i.e…

The recent approval of three drugs for the treatment of amyloid transthyretin (ATTR) amyloidosis, both hereditary and wild-type, has opened a new era in the care of…