Publications by authors named "Ma Lourdes Posadas-Martinez"
Article Synopsis
- Aortic stenosis (AS) is a common heart valve disease, especially prevalent in older adults, and this study focuses on its occurrence in patients with wild type transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTRwt).
- The study analyzed data from 104 ATTRwt patients over a median follow-up of about 476 days, finding a 10.5% prevalence of moderate-severe AS at the time of ATTRwt diagnosis, primarily in elderly males.
- Most of these patients had prior heart failure or atrial fibrillation, and during follow-up, nearly half were hospitalized for heart issues, with a significant mortality rate.
Objective: To estimate the prevalence of cardiac amyloidosis in patients with systemic amyloidosis. Compare survival rates based on whether they show cardiac involvement.
Methods: A retrospective cohort study of patients with systemic amyloidosis from the Institutional Amyloidosis Registry of the Hospital Italian of Buenos Aires from 2010 to 2019.