Association between ruptured distal biceps tendon and wild-type transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 318, Issue 10, 2017, Pages 962-963

  Geller, Hallie I ^a   Singh, Avinainder ^a   Alexander, Kevin M ^a   Mirto, Tara M ^a   Falk, Rodney H ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ATTR AMYLOIDOSIS; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HEART AMYLOIDOSIS; HEART FAILURE WITH PRESERVED EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFORMED CONSENT; LETTER; MALE; ONSET AGE; PLASMA CELL DYSCRASIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENDON RUPTURE; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; ARM; COMPLICATION; FAMILIAL AMYLOID POLYNEUROPATHY; FEMALE; MIDDLE AGED; RUPTURE; TENDON INJURIES;

AGED; AMYLOID NEUROPATHIES, FAMILIAL; ARM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; TENDON INJURIES;

EID: 85029563999     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2017.9236     Document Type: Letter

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