{"title":"Atypical Dilated and Nonhypertrophic Cardiac Transthyretin Amyloidosis: Concept of Overlapping Cardiomyopathies","authors":"Louis Simard MD MSc, Christian-Yves Couture MD, MSc, Joëlle Morin MD, Mathieu Bernier MD, Kim O'Connor MD, Erwan Salaun MD, PhD","doi":"10.1016/j.case.2026.04.009","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><ul><li><span>•</span><span><div>Subtle age-related ATTR-CM can complicate preexisting other HF etiologies.</div></span></li><li><span>•</span><span><div>Combined cardiomyopathies can present with atypical clinical/imaging presentation.</div></span></li><li><span>•</span><span><div>Multimodal imaging assessment is required in overlapping cardiomyopathies.</div></span></li><li><span>•</span><span><div>Absence of myocardial thickening should not rule out an infiltrative disorder.</div></span></li><li><span>•</span><span><div>Endomyocardial biopsy remains important in the context of equivocal imaging.</div></span></li></ul></div><div><span><figure><span><img><ol><li><span><span>Download: <span>Download high-res image (285KB)</span></span></span></li><li><span><span>Download: <span>Download full-size image</span></span></span></li></ol></span></figure></span></div>","PeriodicalId":72532,"journal":{"name":"CASE (Philadelphia, Pa.)","volume":"10 9","pages":"Pages 389-394"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"CASE (Philadelphia, Pa.)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468644126001180","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2026/7/8 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
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Subtle age-related ATTR-CM can complicate preexisting other HF etiologies.
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Combined cardiomyopathies can present with atypical clinical/imaging presentation.
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Multimodal imaging assessment is required in overlapping cardiomyopathies.
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Absence of myocardial thickening should not rule out an infiltrative disorder.
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Endomyocardial biopsy remains important in the context of equivocal imaging.