Abstract
Aortic stenosis is the most prevalent valve disease in clinical practice. The wild form of transthyretin amyloidosis has an increased incidence in elderly individuals, usually over 70 years of age. Amyloidosis and aortic stenosis are 2 diseases that affect similar populations; therefore, they may coexist in the same patient. Patients with amyloidosis and aortic stenosis have disproportionately higher serum levels of troponin and NT-proBNP compared to patients with pure severe aortic stenosis in addition to greater ventricular hypertrophy. Therapeutic [...]
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