Diagnostic delay in wild type transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis – A clinical challenge

To determine the diagnostic delay in patients with wild-type transthyretin cardiac amyloiodosis (ATTRwt). To determine the clinical and echocardiogtraphic characteristics of patients with an early and a late diagnosis and to study the suspected diagnoses and identification of diagnostic “red flags” before the ATTRwt diagnosis was established.

Source: International Journal of Cardiology - January 24, 2020 Category: Cardiology Authors: Bertil Ladefoged, Anne Dybro, Jonas Agerlund Povlsen, Henrik Vase, Tor Skibsted Clemmensen, Steen Hvitfeldt Poulsen Source Type: research