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SUBMITTER: Nitsche C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7687139 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nitsche Christian C Aschauer Stefan S Kammerlander Andreas A AA Schneider Matthias M Poschner Thomas T Duca Franz F Binder Christina C Koschutnik Matthias M Stiftinger Julian J Goliasch Georg G Siller-Matula Jolanta J Winter Max-Paul MP Anvari-Pirsch Anahit A Andreas Martin M Geppert Alexander A Beitzke Dietrich D Loewe Christian C Hacker Marcus M Agis Hermine H Kain Renate R Lang Irene I Bonderman Diana D Hengstenberg Christian C Mascherbauer Julia J
European journal of heart failure 20200220 10
<h4>Aims</h4>Concomitant cardiac amyloidosis (CA) in severe aortic stenosis (AS) is difficult to recognize, since both conditions are associated with concentric left ventricular thickening. We aimed to assess type, frequency, screening parameters, and prognostic implications of CA in AS.<h4>Methods and results</h4>A total of 191 consecutive AS patients (81.2 ± 7.4 years; 50.3% female) scheduled for transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) were prospectively enrolled. Overall, 81.7% underwen ...[more]