Cardiac Amyloidosis Management
The liver produces transthyretin tetramers, which dissociate into monomers and mis-fold, then aggregate into amyloid fibrils and deposit into cardiac tissue.
Cardiac amyloidosis leads to restrictive cardiomyopathy, presenting similarly to heart failure; however, there are several differences in treatment approaches.

by YeeAnn Chen, PharmD @yeeann_c

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Dr. Gerald Diaz @GeraldMD · 3 years ago
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