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ACCEL Lite: Pathophysiology and Therapeutic Approaches to Cardiac Amyloidosis--Focus on AL

ACCEL Lite: Pathophysiology and Therapeutic Approaches to Cardiac Amyloidosis--Focus on AL

FromACCEL Lite: Featured ACCEL Interviews on Exciting CV Research


ACCEL Lite: Pathophysiology and Therapeutic Approaches to Cardiac Amyloidosis--Focus on AL

FromACCEL Lite: Featured ACCEL Interviews on Exciting CV Research

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Length:
12 minutes
Released:
Feb 22, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Cardiac amyloidosis is an often overlooked and thus misdiagnosed form of a restrictive cardiomyopathy in which delayed diagnosis is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Immunoglobulin light chain (AL) cardiac amyloidosis is the most deadly from of cardiac amyloidosis but significant progress has been made in treatment with the first FDA approved therapy for this condition - daratumumab. In this interview, Mathew Maurer, MD and Stephen J. Nicholls, MBBS, PhD, FACC, with Yuvraj Chowdhury, MD, discuss Pathophysiology and Therapeutic Approaches to Cardiac Amyloidosis--Focus on AL.
Released:
Feb 22, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

The American College of Cardiology offers select interviews and summaries of cardiology’s most interesting research areas from ACCEL’s renowned library, hosted by ACCEL Editor-in-Chief Alison L. Bailey, MD, FACC, FAACPVR.