Real‐world effectiveness of targeted therapies in ATTR cardiomyopathy: A meta‐analysis integrating population‐based data [PDF]
Aims The aim of this meta‐analysis was to evaluate the effects of targeted treatments for transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR‐CM) on clinical outcomes by integrating clinical trial and real‐world data.
Alexios S. Antonopoulos +5 more
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Tafamidis Reduces Death and Hospitalization for Acute Heart Failure in Octogenarian Patients With Transthyretin Cardiac Amyloidosis: A Propensity Score–Weighted Cohort Study [PDF]
Background Transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis results from the deposition of misfolded amyloid fibrils in cardiac tissue, leading to progressive heart failure.
Louise Zmuda +10 more
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Real-World Outcomes Among Patients in the United States Receiving Tafamidis for Transthyretin Amyloid Cardiomyopathy [PDF]
Introduction Transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM) is a progressive, often fatal disease. Tafamidis demonstrated efficacy in ATTR-CM clinical trials; however, real-world disease outcomes are not thoroughly characterized.
Daniel P. Judge +6 more
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Survival in a Contemporary, Real-World Cohort of Patients with Mixed-Phenotype Transthyretin Amyloid Cardiomyopathy Treated with Tafamidis: An Analysis from THAOS [PDF]
Introduction Tafamidis is approved to treat transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM). Many patients with ATTR-CM present with a mixed phenotype of both cardiac and neurologic symptoms, but real-world effectiveness studies of tafamidis in this ...
Jonas Wixner +7 more
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Changing Patterns of Diagnosis and Survival in Transthyretin Cardiac Amyloidosis: A Multicenter Cohort Study [PDF]
Background Diagnostic rates of transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis have increased due to growing awareness, noninvasive diagnoses, and treatments that improve morbidity and mortality.
Brett W. Sperry +14 more
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Atrial Fibrillation/Flutter in Transthyretin Cardiac Amyloidosis [PDF]
Background: Atrial fibrillation/flutter (AF) is common in transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis (ATTR-CA). The CHARGE-AF score has not been validated in ATTR-CA.
Nicholas Chan, MD, MS +15 more
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Effects of Tafamidis Meglumine on Transient Focal Neurological Episodes and Meningeal Contrast Enhancement in Hereditary Transthyretin‐Related Meningeal Amyloidosis: Report of Two Patients Carrying the c.265T>C (p.Y89H) Variant [PDF]
Background Y69H (p.Y89H) variant hereditary transthyretin (ATTRv) amyloidosis causes meningeal amyloidosis, with mutant TTR deposits localized to the leptomeninges and vitreous body.
Natsumi Saito +6 more
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Concurrent Immunoglobulin Light Chain and Transthyretin Cardiac Amyloidosis Patient Treated With Daratumumab and Tafamidis: A Case Report [PDF]
Immunoglobulin light chain (AL) and wild‐type transthyretin (ATTRwt) amyloidosis, while sharing similar clinical presentations, require distinct treatments.
Taiki Nishihara +10 more
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Summary: Background: Previous studies have reported that tafamidis treatment was associated with better outcomes in patients with transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM) compared with those without tafamidis treatment.
Jie Wang +9 more
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Aims Tafamidis improves prognosis in patients with transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR‐CM). However, real‐world data on the therapeutic effect of tafamidis are lacking.
Seiji Takashio +13 more
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