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Specific Therapy in Transthyretin Amyloid Cardiomyopathy: Future Perspectives Beyond Tafamidis.

Riccardo SaroValentina AllegroMarco MerloFranca DoreGianfranco SinagraAldostefano Porcari
Published in: Heart failure clinics (2024)
Transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM) is a relatively prevalent cause of morbidity and mortality. Over the recent years, development of disease-modifying treatments has enabled stabilization of the circulating transthyretin tetramer and suppression of its hepatic production, resulting in a remarkable improvement in survival of patients with ATTR-CM. Second-generation drugs for silencing are currently under investigation in randomized clinical trials. In vivo gene editing of transthyretin has been achieving unanticipated suppression of hepatic production in ATTR-CM. Trials of antibodies inducing the active removal of transthyretin amyloid deposits in the heart are ongoing, and evidence has gathered for exceptional spontaneous regression of ATTR-CM.
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