A bimonthly publication part of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology portfolio of journals connected with ABC Cardiol publishing national and international scientific production in the field of cardiovascular sciences.
ISSN 2359-4802
eISSN 2359-5647
Nágela S. V. Nunes
, Evandro Tinoco Mesquita
, Claudio Tinoco Mesquita
, Paulo Roberto Benchimol-Barbosa
Nágela S. V. Nunes
, Evandro Tinoco Mesquita
, Claudio Tinoco Mesquita
, Paulo Roberto Benchimol-Barbosa
Introduction Cardiac amyloidosis (CA) is a type of restrictive cardiomyopathy secondary to amyloid infiltration in the heart. The most common clinical forms are immunoglobulin light chain amyloidosis (AL) and amyloidosis resulting from amyloid deposits secondary to the destabilization of the protein tetramer transthyretin (ATTR), which is divided into two types: the hereditary form (ATTRm) and the wild type (ATTRwt). Cardiac impulse conduction disorders and atrial arrhythmias are more frequent in ATTR than in the AL form, and this seems to […]
Keywords: Cardiomyopathy; Familial Amyloidodis/complications; Atrioventricular Block/genetics; Artificial Pacemaker; Bradycardia/complications; Sick Sinus Syndrome/genetics; Diagnostic Imaging