Impact of genotype and phenotype on cardiac biomarkers in patients with transthyretin amyloidosis - Report from the Transthyretin Amyloidosis Outcome Survey (THAOS).

AIM:Cardiac troponins and natriuretic peptides are established for risk stratification in light-chain amyloidosis. Data on cardiac biomarkers in transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTR) are lacking. METHODS AND RESULTS:Patients (n = 1617) with any of the following cardiac biomarkers, BNP (n = 1079), NT-proB...

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Main Authors: Arnt V Kristen, Mathew S Maurer, Claudio Rapezzi, Rajiv Mundayat, Ole B Suhr, Thibaud Damy, THAOS investigators
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5383030?pdf=render