The American College of Cardiology (ACC) has published its “2023 ACC Expert Consensus Decision Pathway on Comprehensive Multidisciplinary Care for the Patient with Cardiac Amyloidosis” in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
The document provides a diagnostic algorithm and emphasizes the need for a multidisciplinary, individualized approach for this under-recognized cause of heart failure.
A new expert consensus decision pathway published by the American College of Cardiology highlights the importance of recognizing and diagnosing cardiac amyloidosis at an early stage to allow the most favorable outcome. The document, published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, includes a diagnostic algorithm that outlines the role of the monoclonal protein screen, bone
The trial blasts the common view that torsemide offers advantages over furosemide in heart failure, but its offbeat design raises caution about interpretation.