Endomyocardial biopsy is the only method by which the presence of cardiac amyloidosis can be directly established in cardiac amyloidosis, but this method is invasive, expensive and not always ...

When it occurs in the heart, it's called cardiac amyloidosis. Dr. Martha Grogan, a Mayo Clinic cardiologist and director of ...

Several case reports and retrospective cohort studies have described a marginal benefit with the use of internal cardioverter defibrillators in patients with cardiac amyloidosis. Detection of ...

and cardiac hypertrophy 6. Neuropathy that begins at the toes and moves up is a common feature of hereditary ATTR amyloidosis. Rapid disease progression and lack of response to prior therapies for ...

Speaker of the Lower House of Representatives, Ahmad Safadi, on Sunday honored Jordanian Professor Dr. Mamoun Hamadsheh, for ...

Heart disease is prevalent in the U.S. with as many as 1 in 500 adults potentially having a cardiomyopathy. Among the ...

Sabahat Bokhari, a Rutgers professor of medicine and an amyloidosis expert, will direct a fellowship at Robert Wood Johnson ...

Vaishali Sanchorawala, Director of the Amyloidosis Center, Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine "One of the most important determinants of survival is the severity of cardiac involvement ...