To determine the diagnostic accuracy of the results of CSF tests compared to the gold standard PET imaging, the Munich researchers evaluated the data of over 400 patients with suspected Alzheimer's ...

The first drugs against Alzheimer's disease that are intended to slow down the progression of the condition will soon be authorized in Germany. On November 14, 2024, the EMA granted approval for ...

Acoramidis becomes the second drug ever approved for this condition, based on the results of the ATTRibute-CM trial.

Researchers have uncovered how certain genetic mutations lead to unique spherical amyloid plaques in inherited forms of Alzheimer's, offering insights that could advance our understanding of the ...

REPLY: Thank you for your eagle-eyed attention to detail and for bringing the inconsistency to our attention regarding the SPECT reconstruction display between 2 articles published in the June 2023 ...

Cardiac arrest (when the heart stops beating) interrupts circulation, causing brain cells to start dying in less than five minutes of the brain going without needed oxygen in the blood. The ...

Cardiac Amyloidosis is often underdiagnosed due to the heterogeneity of clinical presentation, disease rarity, and clinician unfamiliarity with diagnosis and management. Studies have shown that timely ...

Background: Cardiac amyloidosis (CA) involves the accumulation of amyloid fibrils in the extracellular cardiac spaces, increasing the extracellular volume (ECV) and correlating with poorer outcomes.

Background Variant transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTRv ... Of these, TC-DPD imaging confirmed Perugini grade 2 in 8 (40%) patients and grade 3 in 12 (60%) patients.Table 1 Neurological manifestations ...

Artificial Intelligence can be used to predict heart attack risk using retinal images ... which was used with retinal scans to produce a program that can identify risk factors from the scan ...