Leonardo Jaimes, MD

All articles by Leonardo Jaimes, MD

• Most patients with ATTR-CM are in advanced stages despite recent diagnosis: study

  Despite relatively recent diagnosis (four months), most patients had advanced transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM).

• Ventilation abnormalities are key in ATTR-CM exercise limitation, study says

  Ventilation abnormalities appeared to play a more important role in ATTR-CM-associated shortness of breath than cardiac output abnormalities.

• ATTR-CM is more frequent in women than previously believed: study

  ATTR-CM is thought to affect mainly men. But recent studies suggest that more women could have the disease than earlier thought.

• Study offers a snapshot of patients with ATTR-CM in Australia and New Zealand

  A study detailed the characteristics of people with the disease in ATTR-CM centers in the two Australasian countries.

• Study suggests ATTR-CM can be detected before symptom onset

  A systematic screening process for relatives of patients with transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM) has shown promising results.