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Cardiology Letters Vol.31, No.1, p.55–60, 2022

Title: Senilná transtyretínová amyloidóza / Transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis
Author: M. Krajčík

Abstract: The incidence and prevalence of chronic heart failure is rising in all developed countries, with a prevalence of around 10% in people over 75 years of age. The most common cause of chronic heart failure is coronary heart disease, but in clinical practice in elderly patients other causes should be considered, one of which is senile transthyretin amyloidosis. The paper presents a patient in whom this diagnosis could have been overlooked due to associated chronic diseases. Fig. 4, Ref. 17.

Abstrakt. Incidencia a prevalencia chronického srdcového zlyhávania vo všetkých rozvinutých krajinách stúpa, u ľudí starších ako 75 rokov je prevalencia asi 10 %. Najčastejšou príčinou chronického srdcového zlyhávania je ischemická choroba srdca, ale v klinickej praxi u starších pacientov treba zvažovať aj iné príčiny, a jednou z nich je senilná transtyretínová amyloidóza. V práci je prezentovaný pacient, u ktorého túto diagnózu bolo možné vzhľadom na pridružené chronické ochorenia prehliadnuť. Obr. 4, Lit. 17.



Keywords: heart failure – amyloidosis – senile transthyretin amyloidosis - srdcové zlyhávanie – amyloidóza – senilná transtyretínová amyloidóza
Published online: 21-Mar-2022
Year: 2022, Volume: 31, Issue: 1 Page From: 55, Page To: 60
doi:10.4149/Cardiol_2022_1_7
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