Frailty in Wild-Type Transthyretin Cardiac Amyloidosis: The Tip of the Iceberg

Frailty in Wild-Type Transthyretin Cardiac Amyloidosis: The Tip of the Iceberg

ATTRwt-CA occurs in elderly patients and leads to severe heart failure. The disease mechanism involves cardiac and extracardiac infiltration by amyloid fibrils. The objectives of this study are to describe the frailty phenotype in patients with ATTRwt-CA and to assess the associations between frailt...

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Main Authors: Amaury Broussier, Jean Philippe David, Mounira Kharoubi, Silvia Oghina, Lauriane Segaux, Emmanuel Teiger, Marie Laurent, Isabelle Fromentin, Sylvie Bastuji-Garin, Thibaud Damy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-07-01
Series:Journal of Clinical Medicine
Subjects:
cardiac amyloidosis
wild-type TTR amyloidosis (ATTRwt)
frailty
heart failure
elderly
geriatric assessment
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/10/15/3415

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