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Double trouble: severe aortic stenosis and cardiac amyloidosis

  • 01.12.2020
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Aortic stenosis (AS) as well as cardiac amyloidosis (CA) are prevalent conditions in old patients. The combination of both AS and CA has recently been identified to occur in a significant number of patients scheduled for aortic valve replacement. Age alone, however, does not fully explain the frequent overlap of the two pathologies as the prevalence of CA in individuals >80 years in the general population has been described to be <1% [1]. …
Titel
Double trouble: severe aortic stenosis and cardiac amyloidosis
Verfasst von
Christian Nitsche, MD
Julia Mascherbauer, MD
Publikationsdatum
01.12.2020
Verlag
Springer Vienna
Erschienen in
Wiener klinische Wochenschrift / Ausgabe 23-24/2020
Print ISSN: 0043-5325
Elektronische ISSN: 1613-7671
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00508-020-01787-7
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