Prevalence, Characteristics and Outcomes of Older Patients with Hereditary versus Wild-Type Transthyretin Amyloid Cardiomyopathy.
Aldostefano PorcariYousuf RazviAmbra MasiRishi PatelAdam IoannouMuhammad U RaufDavid F HuttDorota RowczenioJanet GilbertsonAna Martinez-NaharroLucia VenneriCarol WhelanHelen LachmannAshutosh WechalekarCandida Cristina QuartaMarco MerloGianfranco SinagraPhilip N HawkinsMarianna FontanaJulian D GillmorePublished in: European journal of heart failure (2023)
Up to 20.7% of elderly patients with ATTR-CM have a pathogenic TTR variant. These findings support routine sequencing of the TTR gene in all patients with ATTR-CM regardless of age. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.