Publications by authors named "Beny Binensztok"
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- This paper discusses the increasing need for reintervention in patients with rheumatic heart disease due to longer life expectancy from corrective surgeries.
- It presents a specific case of a 54-year-old woman experiencing difficulties like shortness of breath and palpitations 26 years post-surgery for mitral stenosis.
- The case highlights a significant difference between the patient’s clinical symptoms and the severity indicated by echocardiographic assessments of her valvular disease.
Challenges in the approach to a patient with aortic stenosis and cardiac amyloidosis with ATTR mutation associated with negative scintigraphy - A case report.
Gabriela Carvalho Monnerat Magalhães Luciana Coutinho Bezerra Beny Binensztok Maysa Ramos Vilela Ellen Fernanda das Neves Braga
Am Heart J Plus
September 2024
Introduction: Cardiac amyloidosis (CA) poses significant diagnostic and therapeutic challenges. In this case report, we detail a patient with CA due to a rare transthyretin (CA-TTR) mutation, manifesting with negative myocardial scintigraphy and requiring genetic testing for diagnosis. The patient also had severe aortic stenosis (AS), necessitating discussion with a heart team to determine the optimal treatment strategy.
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