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Daniel Judge is an Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist and a Cardiologist in Charleston, South Carolina. Dr. Judge is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Transthyretin Amyloid Cardiomyopathy. His top areas of expertise are Cardiomyopathy, Cardiac Amyloidosis, Transthyretin Amyloid Cardiomyopathy, Heart Transplant, and Cardiac Ablation. Dr. Judge is currently accepting new patients.
Sanjiv Shah is a Cardiologist in Chicago, Illinois. Dr. Shah has been practicing medicine for over 25 years and is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Transthyretin Amyloid Cardiomyopathy. His top areas of expertise are Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF), Heart Failure, Cardiac Amyloidosis, Cardiac Ablation, and Heart Transplant.
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Brian Drachman is a Cardiologist in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Drachman is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Transthyretin Amyloid Cardiomyopathy. His top areas of expertise are Transthyretin Amyloidosis, Primary Amyloidosis, Cardiac Amyloidosis, Heart Valve Repair, and Aortic Valve Replacement. Dr. Drachman is currently accepting new patients.
Summary: The goal of this observational study is to measure shear wave velocity (SWV) in patients with non-reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) heart failure and left ventricular hypertrophy, with or without transthyretin amyloidosis with cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM), and in control subjects without heart failure or cardiomyopathy. The main question it aims to answer is: • Can SWV be used to measu...
Summary: Transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTR) is a disease where the normally occurring transthyretin (TTR) protein falls apart and forms amyloid, a sticky plaque- like substance that accumulates in different organs in the body and can cause damage to the organ. There are two ways that the TTR protein can fall apart. One way occurs as a person ages, where the normal TTR protein can fall apart and form amyloid ...