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**Considered to be the definitive test.<ref name=pmid11447744/><ref name=pmid17046651>{{cite journal |author=Murphy CL, Wang S, Williams T, Weiss DT, Solomon A |title=Characterization of systemic amyloid deposits by mass spectrometry |journal=Meth. Enzymol. |volume=412 |issue= |pages=48–62 |year=2006 |pmid=17046651 |doi=10.1016/S0076-6879(06)12004-2 |url=}}</ref> | **Considered to be the definitive test.<ref name=pmid11447744/><ref name=pmid17046651>{{cite journal |author=Murphy CL, Wang S, Williams T, Weiss DT, Solomon A |title=Characterization of systemic amyloid deposits by mass spectrometry |journal=Meth. Enzymol. |volume=412 |issue= |pages=48–62 |year=2006 |pmid=17046651 |doi=10.1016/S0076-6879(06)12004-2 |url=}}</ref> | ||
***High specificity and sensitivity vis-à-vis clinicopathologic correlation.<ref name=pmid19797517>{{cite journal |author=Vrana JA, Gamez JD, Madden BJ, Theis JD, Bergen HR, Dogan A |title=Classification of amyloidosis by laser microdissection and mass spectrometry-based proteomic analysis in clinical biopsy specimens |journal=Blood |volume=114 |issue=24 |pages=4957–9 |year=2009 |month=December |pmid=19797517 |doi=10.1182/blood-2009-07-230722 |url=}}</ref> | ***High specificity and sensitivity vis-à-vis clinicopathologic correlation.<ref name=pmid19797517>{{cite journal |author=Vrana JA, Gamez JD, Madden BJ, Theis JD, Bergen HR, Dogan A |title=Classification of amyloidosis by laser microdissection and mass spectrometry-based proteomic analysis in clinical biopsy specimens |journal=Blood |volume=114 |issue=24 |pages=4957–9 |year=2009 |month=December |pmid=19797517 |doi=10.1182/blood-2009-07-230722 |url=}}</ref> | ||
**May be done on formalin-fixed paraffin embedded (FFPE) material.<ref name=pmid19797517/> | **May be done on [[formalin-fixed paraffin embedded]] (FFPE) material.<ref name=pmid19797517/> | ||
=Types= | =Types= | ||
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===General=== | ===General=== | ||
*Previously known as ''senile cardiac amyloidosis''.<ref name=pmid15645642>{{Cite journal | last1 = Ikeda | first1 = S. | title = Cardiac amyloidosis: heterogenous pathogenic backgrounds. | journal = Intern Med | volume = 43 | issue = 12 | pages = 1107-14 | month = Dec | year = 2004 | doi = | PMID = 15645642 }}</ref> | *Previously known as ''senile cardiac amyloidosis''.<ref name=pmid15645642>{{Cite journal | last1 = Ikeda | first1 = S. | title = Cardiac amyloidosis: heterogenous pathogenic backgrounds. | journal = Intern Med | volume = 43 | issue = 12 | pages = 1107-14 | month = Dec | year = 2004 | doi = | PMID = 15645642 }}</ref> | ||
*May be referred to as ''ATTR'' = amyloidosis TTR; in SSA the TTR is not mutated. | *May be referred to as ''ATTR'' = amyloidosis TTR; in SSA the TTR is not mutated, some call it: wt transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTR). | ||
**There is a hereditary form of amyloidosis with mutated TTR deposition known as ''ATTR type FAP'' = ATTR type Familial Amyloid Polyneuropathy. | **There is a hereditary form of amyloidosis with mutated TTR deposition known as ''ATTR type FAP'' = ATTR type Familial Amyloid Polyneuropathy. | ||
***Hereditary TTR: deposits in the heart, nerves and leptomeningeal amyloidosis. | |||
Epidemiology: | Epidemiology: | ||
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Treatment: | Treatment: | ||
* | *Liver transplantation, RNAi therapy (patisiran) and antisense oligonucleotides (inotersen).<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Adams | first1 = D. | last2 = Koike | first2 = H. | last3 = Slama | first3 = M. | last4 = Coelho | first4 = T. | title = Hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis: a model of medical progress for a fatal disease. | journal = Nat Rev Neurol | volume = 15 | issue = 7 | pages = 387-404 | month = Jul | year = 2019 | doi = 10.1038/s41582-019-0210-4 | PMID = 31209302 }}</ref> | ||
===Gross pathology=== | ===Gross pathology=== | ||