ATTR-CM screening: the missing link in heart failure diagnosis

Robert felt winded climbing stairs. At 76, he attributed his fatigue to age. He thought his heart medications needed adjusting. His cardiologist agreed, tweaking his blood pressure pills. Six months later, Robert collapsed. In the ER, doctors found his heart walls dangerously thickened, stiff as leather. A simple nuclear scan revealed the truth: transthyretin amyloid

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ATTR-CM screening: the missing link in heart failure diagnosis originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

 

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