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Recovery of sinus rhythm by tafamidis in patients with wild-type transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy with atrial arrhythmias
Author(s) -
Yoshitaka Isotani,
Eisuke Amiya,
Junichi Ishida,
Masato Ishizuka,
Masaru Hatano,
Koki Nakanishi,
Masao Daimon,
Issei Komuro
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
oxford medical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.169
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2053-8855
DOI - 10.1093/omcr/omac007
Subject(s) - medicine , transthyretin , sinus rhythm , atrial fibrillation , cardiology , cardiomyopathy , disease , heart failure
Transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM) is a life-threatening infiltrative disease in elderly patients. Atrial arrhythmias (AAr) are common in patients with ATTR-CM. However, AAr treatment in these patients is challenging. In this case, a patient diagnosed with wild-type ATTR-CM suffered atrial fibrillation (AF) for ~1 year, according to the data of his self-monitoring and regular electrocardiogram. This AF reverted to normal sinus rhythm a few months after the initiation of tafamidis without administering an antiarrhythmic drug. Tafamidis may be beneficial as alternative antiarrhythmic therapy in patients with ATTR-CM.

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