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Age- and Sex-Related Differences in Patients With Wild-Type Transthyretin Amyloidosis
- Source :
- JACC: Advances, Vol 3, Iss 8, Pp 101086- (2024)
- Publication Year :
- 2024
- Publisher :
- Elsevier, 2024.
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Abstract
- Background: Wild-type transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTRwt amyloidosis) is primarily diagnosed in elderly men but diagnoses in younger patients and women have recently increased. Objectives: The purpose of this study was to examine age- and sex-related differences in patients with ATTRwt amyloidosis enrolled in the THAOS (Transthyretin Amyloidosis Outcomes Survey). Methods: THAOS was a global, longitudinal, observational survey of patients with transthyretin amyloidosis, including both hereditary and wild-type disease, and asymptomatic carriers of pathogenic transthyretin gene variants. Patient characteristics at enrollment were analyzed by age at enrollment and sex (data cutoff date: August 1, 2022). Results: Of 1,251 patients with ATTRwt amyloidosis, 13.7%, 49.1%, 34.5%, and 2.8% were aged
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 2772963X
- Volume :
- 3
- Issue :
- 8
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- JACC: Advances
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.542adf430b4e7fb29d0bce4d17c600
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacadv.2024.101086