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- Title
Double trouble: severe aortic stenosis and cardiac amyloidosis.
- Authors
Nitsche, Christian; Mascherbauer, Julia
- Abstract
Aortic stenosis (AS) as well as cardiac amyloidosis (CA) are prevalent conditions in old patients. Even futility of AVR was discussed; however, very recently several studies showed equal survival rates of AS-CA and AS alone following TAVR [[2], [6], [9]], disproving the conception of treatment futility in AS-CA. Comprehensive screening for AS-CA in every TAVR candidate is not feasible; a clinical scoring system (RAISE) can help to identify those with a high likelihood of AS-CA, who should receive further testing by bone scintigraphy and free light chain assessment.
- Subjects
CARDIAC amyloidosis; AORTIC stenosis; BUNDLE-branch block; AORTIC valve transplantation
- Publication
Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift, 2020, Vol 132, Issue 23/24, p705
- ISSN
0043-5325
- Publication type
Editorial
- DOI
10.1007/s00508-020-01787-7