Open AccessProgress in diagnosing and managing cardiac amyloidosis
Author(s) -
Mazen Hanna,
Chetan Huded,
E. René Rodríguez,
Dermot Phelan,
Do-Hoon Kwon,
Wael A. Jaber,
Jason Valent,
Michael Z. Tong
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
cleveland clinic journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.359
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1939-2869
pISSN - 0891-1150
DOI - 10.3949/ccjm.86gr.18004
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiac amyloidosis , amyloidosis , intensive care medicine , radiology , pathology
The last decade has seen major advances in diagnosing and treating cardiac amyloidosis. Early diagnosis can often now be made using noninvasive laboratory testing and imaging. New treatments are effective and well tolerated.