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Infiltrative Cardiomyopathies Focus on cardiac amyloidosis Van N Selby, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine UCSF Advanced Heart Failure and Heart Transplant Program October 9, 2015 Overview • Infiltrative cardiomyopathies are characterized by the deposition of abnormal substances that cause the ventricular walls to become progressively rigid
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Amyloid Heart Disease: Diagnosis & Treatment Sitaramesh Emani, MD Advanced Heart Failure & Cardiac Transplant Relevant Disclosures • St. Jude Medical (Thoratec) ‒Consultant ‒Grant Funding • Gilead ‒Grand Funding • Boston Scientific ‒Advisory Board • CareDx ‒Advisory Board • I will discuss investigational agents
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thickening of the heart). What is transthyretin? Within our cells, proteins have many different jobs. Transthyretin is a transport protein. It’s created in the liver. ... approved for treatment of ATTR-CM. In cases of advanced heart failure, heart transplantation may be an option. In some patients, both heart and liver transplantation is ...
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Cardiomyopathies in Cats, Including Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM) Cardiomyopathy is disease of the heart muscle and feline heart disease is common. An echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) is often required to confirm if disease is present and to classify the disease so that treatment can be optimized. Feline cardiomyopathies are
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heart failure may also be worsening, and that treatment adjustments may be needed. Pulmonary Edema A condition characterized by severe dyspnea, coughing, and, often, frothing at the ... Refers to an abnormal thickening of the heart muscle in the left and/or right ventricle. Hypertrophy is one cause of diastolic dysfunction.
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ACVIM Fact Sheet: Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy in Cats . Overview Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is one of the most commonly encountered heart disease in cats. This disease is characterized by an abnormal thickening (hypertrophy) of one or several areas of the walls of the heart, usually of the left ventricle. Hypertrophic
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thickening of the septum (wall separating the pumping chambers), posterior wall or both. With hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM), the muscle thickening restricts the flow of blood out of the heart. Often, leakage of the mitral valve causes the blood in the lower chamber (left ventricle) to leak back into the upper chamber (left atrium).
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Cardiac amyloidosis pathology. (A) The heart on autopsy reveals characteristic biventricular thickening as well as biatrial dilation and thickening of both atrioventricular valves. (B) Hemotoxylin and eosin staining shows diffuse amyloid deposition. (C) The char-acteristic “apple-green” birefringence of Congo red stain under polarized light.
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myocardial wall thickening caused by pressure/volume over-load, infiltrative disorders, athlete ’s heart or neoplastic infil-tration [2–5]. For HCM diagnosis, international guidelines advocate using a wall thickness cut-off of 15 mm in one or more myocardial segments, measured by any imaging tech-nique [6, 7].
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