Open AccessAssessment of clinical characteristics of cardiac amyloidosis as a potential underlying etiology in patients diagnosed with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction
Author(s) -
Selda Murat,
Yüksel Çavuşoğlu,
Halit Emre Yalvac,
İlknur Ak Sivrikoz,
Sinem Kocagil
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
kardiologia polska
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.527
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1897-4279
pISSN - 0022-9032
DOI - 10.33963/kp.a2022.0098
Subject(s) - medicine , heart failure with preserved ejection fraction , cardiology , cardiac amyloidosis , transthyretin , flags register , ejection fraction , flag (linear algebra) , heart failure , etiology , sudden cardiac death , electrocardiography , algebra over a field , operating system , mathematics , pure mathematics , computer science
Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is heterogeneous clinical syndrome. Transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis (CA) is an underdiagnosed cause of HFpEF. Red flags are extremely useful for suspecting CA.