Systemic light chain amyloidosis

V Sanchorawala - New England Journal of Medicine, 2024 - Mass Medical Soc
Key Points Systemic Light Chain Amyloidosis Immunoglobulin light chain (AL) amyloidosis
is a rare disease that occurs when a plasma cell disorder produces monoclonal light chains …

Management of AL amyloidosis in 2020

G Palladini, P Milani, G Merlini - Blood, The Journal of the …, 2020 - ashpublications.org
In amyloid light chain (AL) amyloidosis, a small B-cell clone, most commonly a plasma cell
clone, produces monoclonal light chains that exert organ toxicity and deposit in tissue in the …

2023 ACC expert consensus decision pathway on comprehensive multidisciplinary care for the patient with cardiac amyloidosis: a report of the American College of …

Writing Committee, MM Kittleson, FL Ruberg… - Journal of the American …, 2023 - jacc.org
The systemic amyloidoses are a broad spectrum of diseases that result from misfolding of
proteins that aggregate into b-sheet amyloid fibrils. Over 35 amyloidogenic precursor …

Daratumumab-based treatment for immunoglobulin light-chain amyloidosis

E Kastritis, G Palladini, MC Minnema… - … England Journal of …, 2021 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Systemic immunoglobulin light-chain (AL) amyloidosis is characterized by
deposition of amyloid fibrils of light chains produced by clonal CD38+ plasma cells …

Diagnosis and treatment of cardiac amyloidosis: a position statement of the ESC Working Group on Myocardial and Pericardial Diseases

P Garcia-Pavia, C Rapezzi, Y Adler, M Arad… - European heart …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Cardiac amyloidosis is a serious and progressive infiltrative disease that is caused by the
deposition of amyloid fibrils at the cardiac level. It can be due to rare genetic variants in the …

Diagnosis and treatment of cardiac amyloidosis. A position statement of the European Society of Cardiology W orking G roup on M yocardial and P ericardial D …

P Garcia‐Pavia, C Rapezzi, Y Adler… - European journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Cardiac amyloidosis is a serious and progressive infiltrative disease that is caused by the
deposition of amyloid fibrils at the cardiac level. It can be due to rare genetic variants in the …

Systemic amyloidosis from A (AA) to T (ATTR): a review

E Muchtar, A Dispenzieri, H Magen… - Journal of internal …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Systemic amyloidosis is a rare protein misfolding and deposition disorder leading to
progressive organ failure. There are over 15 types of systemic amyloidosis, each caused by …

Daratumumab plus CyBorD for patients with newly diagnosed AL amyloidosis: safety run-in results of ANDROMEDA

G Palladini, E Kastritis, MS Maurer… - Blood, The Journal …, 2020 - ashpublications.org
Although no therapies are approved for light chain (AL) amyloidosis, cyclophosphamide,
bortezomib, and dexamethasone (CyBorD) is considered standard of care. Based on …

Bortezomib, melphalan, and dexamethasone for light-chain amyloidosis

E Kastritis, X Leleu, B Arnulf, E Zamagni… - Journal of Clinical …, 2020 - ascopubs.org
PURPOSE Oral melphalan and dexamethasone (MDex) were considered a standard of care
in light-chain (AL) amyloidosis. In the past decade, bortezomib has been increasingly used …

Pathophysiology and therapeutic approaches to cardiac amyloidosis

JM Griffin, H Rosenblum, MS Maurer - Circulation research, 2021 - Am Heart Assoc
Often considered a rare disease, cardiac amyloidosis is increasingly recognized by
practicing clinicians. The increased rate of diagnosis is in part due the aging of the …