Steep increase in the number of transthyretin-positive cardiac biopsy cases in Japan: evidence obtained by the nation-wide pathology consultation for the typing diagnosis of amyloidosis.
Hironobu NaikiAina YamaguchiYoshiki SekijimaMitsuharu UedaKenichi OhashiKinta HatakeyamaYoshihiko IkedaYoshinobu HoshiiYukako Shintani-DomotoAya Miyagawa-HayashinoHanako TsujikawaJin EndoTomio AraiYukio AndoPublished in: Amyloid : the international journal of experimental and clinical investigation : the official journal of the International Society of Amyloidosis (2023)
The approval of tafamidis and technetium-scintigraphy raised the awareness of ATTR cardiomyopathy, leading to an upsurge in ATTR-positive cardiac biopsy cases.