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High prevalence of heart failure with reduced ejection fraction in patients with transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis

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Talal Asif, Tiago Araujo, Vasvi Singh have declare that they have no conflict of interest. Saurabh Malhotra—Pfizer Inc.: Speakers Bureau and Akcea Therapeutics: Advisory Board.

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  1. Division of Cardiology, Cook County Health, Chicago, IL, USA

    Talal Asif MD & Saurabh Malhotra MD, MPH, FASNC

  2. Division of Cardiology, Rush Medical College, Chicago, IL, USA

    Saurabh Malhotra MD, MPH, FASNC

  3. Department of Internal Medicine, Cook County Health, Chicago, IL, USA

    Tiago Araujo MD

  4. Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

    Vasvi Singh MD

  5. Stroger Hospital of Cook County, 1901 W Harrison Street, Suite 3620, Chicago, IL, 60612, USA

    Saurabh Malhotra MD, MPH, FASNC

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Asif, T., Araujo, T., Singh, V. et al. High prevalence of heart failure with reduced ejection fraction in patients with transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis. J. Nucl. Cardiol. 27, 1044–1046 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12350-020-02098-0

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