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Isolated atrial amyloid

MedGen UID:
541300
•Concept ID:
C0268396
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Disease or Syndrome
SNOMED CT: Isolated atrial amyloid (39502009)

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Current trends in diagnosis and management of cardiac amyloidosis.
Esplin BL, Gertz MA
Curr Probl Cardiol 2013 Feb;38(2):53-96. doi: 10.1016/j.cpcardiol.2012.11.002. PMID: 23337445
Amyloid heart disease: a brief review of treatment options.
Dubrey SW
Postgrad Med J 2012 Dec;88(1046):700-5. Epub 2012 Jun 28 doi: 10.1136/postgradmedj-2012-130854. PMID: 22745180

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

The association of atrial tachyarrhythmias with isolated atrial amyloid disease: preliminary observations in autopsied heart specimens.
Ariyarajah V, Steiner I, Hájková P, Khadem A, Kvasnicka J, Apiyasawat S, Spodick DH
Cardiology 2009;113(2):132-7. Epub 2008 Nov 27 doi: 10.1159/000177950. PMID: 19039221
Natriuretic peptide Val7Met substitution and risk of coronary artery disease in Greek patients with familial hypercholesterolemia.
Dedoussis GV, Maumus S, Skoumas J, Choumerianou DM, Pitsavos C, Stefanadis C, Visvikis-Siest S
J Clin Lab Anal 2006;20(3):98-104. doi: 10.1002/jcla.20108. PMID: 16721833Free PMC Article
Senile aortic amyloid. Evidence for two distinct forms of localized deposits.
Mucchiano G, Cornwell GG 3rd, Westermark P
Am J Pathol 1992 Apr;140(4):871-7. PMID: 1562050Free PMC Article
The prevalence of isolated atrial amyloid.
Steiner I
J Pathol 1987 Dec;153(4):395-8. doi: 10.1002/path.1711530413. PMID: 3430237

Diagnosis

Association of Atrial Fibrillation with Morphological and Electrophysiological Changes of the Atrial Myocardium.
Matějková A, Šteiner I
Acta Medica (Hradec Kralove) 2016;59(2):43-9. doi: 10.14712/18059694.2016.88. PMID: 27526304
Amyloid diseases of the heart: current and future therapies.
Dubrey SW, Comenzo RL
QJM 2012 Jul;105(7):617-31. Epub 2012 Jan 5 doi: 10.1093/qjmed/hcr259. PMID: 22223674
The relation of atrial natriuretic factor to isolated atrial amyloid.
Johansson B, Westermark P
Exp Mol Pathol 1990 Jun;52(3):266-78. doi: 10.1016/0014-4800(90)90068-o. PMID: 2142465

Prognosis

Patterns of isolated atrial amyloid: a study of 100 hearts on autopsy.
Steiner I, Hájková P
Cardiovasc Pathol 2006 Sep-Oct;15(5):287-290. doi: 10.1016/j.carpath.2006.01.005. PMID: 16979036

Clinical prediction guides

The association of atrial tachyarrhythmias with isolated atrial amyloid disease: preliminary observations in autopsied heart specimens.
Ariyarajah V, Steiner I, Hájková P, Khadem A, Kvasnicka J, Apiyasawat S, Spodick DH
Cardiology 2009;113(2):132-7. Epub 2008 Nov 27 doi: 10.1159/000177950. PMID: 19039221

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