Early diagnosis and management of cardiac amyloidosis: A clinical perspective

Ilaria Anna Bellofatto; Thomas H Schindler; Piero Portincasa; Federico Carbone; Marco Canepa; Luca Liberale; Fabrizio Montecucco

doi:10.1111/eci.14160

Early diagnosis and management of cardiac amyloidosis: A clinical perspective

Eur J Clin Invest. 2024 Jun;54(6):e14160. doi: 10.1111/eci.14160. Epub 2024 Jan 12.

Authors

Ilaria Anna Bellofatto¹, Thomas H Schindler², Piero Portincasa³, Federico Carbone^{1

4}, Marco Canepa^{5

6}, Luca Liberale^{1

4}, Fabrizio Montecucco^{1

4}

Affiliations

¹ First Clinic of Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.
² Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Division of Nuclear Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
³ Clinica Medica "A. Murri", Department of Preventive and Regenerative Medicine and Ionian Area (DiMePrev-J), University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy.
⁴ IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino-Italian Cardiovascular Network, Genoa, Italy.
⁵ Cardiology Unit, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy.
⁶ Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, Genoa, Italy.

PMID: 38217112
DOI: 10.1111/eci.14160

Abstract

Cardiac amyloidosis multidisciplinary team (MDT). We propose the creation of a multidisciplinary team (MDT) for cardiac amyloidosis in which internal medicine physicians could take a lead role in coordinating other specialists involved in patient care. Created with BioRender.com.

Keywords: amyloidosis management team; cardiac amyloidosis; internal medicine; narrative review.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Amyloid Neuropathies, Familial / diagnosis
Amyloid Neuropathies, Familial / therapy
Amyloidosis* / diagnosis
Amyloidosis* / therapy
Cardiomyopathies* / diagnosis
Cardiomyopathies* / therapy
Early Diagnosis*
Humans
Patient Care Team*