Cardiac amyloidosis

Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 265-277

  Yusuf, Syed Wamique ^a   Solhpour, Amirreza ^a   Banchs, Jose ^a   Lopez Mattei, Juan C ^a   Durand, Jean Bernard ^a   Iliescu, Cezar ^a   Hassan, Saamir A ^a   Qazilbash, Muzaffar H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

AL amyloid; ATTR amyloid; cardiac amyloidosis; treatment

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL PRO BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; ANTIANGINA PECTORIS AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BORTEZOMIB; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; DILTIAZEM; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAIN; LENALIDOMIDE; MELPHALAN; NICORANDIL; POMALIDOMIDE; THALIDOMIDE; TROPONIN; VERAPAMIL;

AA AMYLOIDOSIS; AL AMYLOIDOSIS; AUTOLOGOUS STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FAMILIAL AMYLOIDOSIS; HEART AMYLOIDOSIS; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; ISOLATED ATRIAL AMYLOIDOSIS; LIVER GRAFT; NUCLEAR SCINTIGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REVIEW; SENILE SYSTEMIC AMYLOIDOSIS; TRANSTHYRETIN RELATED AMYLOIDOSIS;

AMYLOID; AMYLOIDOSIS; ANIMALS; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; HUMANS;

EID: 84893062354     PISSN: 14779072     EISSN: 17448344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/14779072.2014.876363     Document Type: Review

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