Black women with genetic variant for amyloidosis face substantial CVD, mortality risk

NEW ORLEANS — Black female carriers of the V122I genetic variant for cardiac amyloidosis have substantially higher CVD and all-cause mortality risk, which grows with age, compared with noncarriers, researchers reported. Transthyretin amyloidosis, or ATTR cardiomyopathy, is hypothesized to be more common in men than women, leading researchers to question if female sex is protective or

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