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Review
. 2021 Oct 19;3(4):516-521.
doi: 10.1016/j.jaccao.2021.05.007. eCollection 2021 Oct.

Cardiac Transplantation and Mechanical Circulatory Support in Amyloidosis

Ronald M Witteles  1
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Cardiac Transplantation and Mechanical Circulatory Support in Amyloidosis

Ronald M Witteles. JACC CardioOncol. .
No abstract available

Keywords: AL, light chain subtype; ASCT, autologous stem cell transplantation; ATTR-v, variant (hereditary) transthyretin subtype; ATTR-wt, wild-type transthyretin subtype; MCS, mechanical circulatory support; amyloidosis; heart failure; treatment.

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Conflict of interest statement

Dr Witteles has served on advisory boards for Pfizer, Alnylam, Eidos, Ionis/Akcea, and Regeneron.

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Assessment of Extracardiac Organs During Transplant Evaluation for AL Amyloid Cardiomyopathy Very good partial response is defined as the difference between involved and uninvolved free light chain <40 mg/L. CRAB = hypercalcemia, renal dysfunction, anemia, destructive bone lesions; CT = computed tomography; EMG = electromyography; ULN = upper limit of normal.
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