Pathophysiology and treatment of cardiac amyloidosis

Nature Reviews Cardiology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 91-102

  Gertz, Morie A ^a   Dispenzieri, Angela ^a   Sher, Taimur ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; BORTEZOMIB; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; DIURETIC AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAIN; LENALIDOMIDE; MELPHALAN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MUTANT PROTEIN; PREALBUMIN; SERUM AMYLOID P; TROPONIN T; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CARDIAC PATIENT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART AMYLOIDOSIS; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCINTISCANNING; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE TYPING; AMYLOIDOSIS; BLOOD; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; GENETICS; MUTATION;

AMYLOIDOSIS; BIOMARKERS; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MUTATION; PREALBUMIN;

EID: 84923201085     PISSN: 17595002     EISSN: 17595010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrcardio.2014.165     Document Type: Review

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