senile systemic amyloidosis

Etiology

• old age

Pathology

• wild type transthyretin deposited as amyloid in tissues
• heart is the most frequently involved organ
  • see cardiac amyloidosis

More general terms

• amyloidosis

More specific terms

• transthyretin amyloidosis; ATTR amyloidosis; ATTR cardiomyopathy

Additional terms

• cardiac amyloidosis