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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Maurer MS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5392416 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Circulation 20170401 14
Advances in cardiac imaging have resulted in greater recognition of cardiac amyloidosis in everyday clinical practice, but the diagnosis continues to be made in patients with late-stage disease, suggesting that more needs to be done to improve awareness of its clinical manifestations and the potential of therapeutic intervention to improve prognosis. Light chain cardiac amyloidosis, in particular, if recognized early and treated with targeted plasma cell therapy, can be managed very effectively. ...[more]