Publications by authors named "Mordehai Vaturi"
Article Synopsis
- The study focused on patients with grade 1 myocardial scintigraphy uptake to understand their diagnosis and prognosis related to transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis (ATTR-CA), which usually requires a tissue biopsy for confirmation.
- Out of 132 patients suspected of ATTR-CA, 67% had grade 1 uptake, and only 7% were diagnosed with light-chain cardiac amyloidosis, with none diagnosed with ATTR-CA.
- Grade 1 uptake patients had a significantly better survival rate compared to those with grades 2/3 uptake, showing stable clinical and imaging results over a 3.2-year follow-up, indicating a generally benign outcome.*
Background: To investigate possible association between infection with CagA(+) strains of Helicobacter pylori and aortic atheroma diagnosed by transesophageal echocardiography.
Methods And Results: One hundred and eighty-eight consecutive subjects prospectively examined for presence of aortic atheroma (localized intimal thickening of >/=3mm) by transesophageal echocardiography were tested for serum IgG antibodies against H. pylori (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay) and CagA protein (Western blot assay).