Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (RWJMS) and Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH) person precocious established a caller halfway to diagnose uncommon diseases, according to a press release.
The Cardiac Amyloidosis and Cardiomyopathy Center is located astatine RWJUH and aims to diagnose and dainty patients with uncommon amyloid conditions.
Amyloidosis occurs erstwhile amyloid macromolecule accumulates successful the heart, kidneys, liver oregon different organs causing dysfunction of those organs, according to the release.
For instance, amyloidosis successful the bosom causes the bosom walls to go stiffer, which reduces its pumping efficiency.
Symptoms of the information could see lightheadedness, numbness successful a patient's extremities, terrible fatigue, swelling of the extremities, diarrhea and constipation, according to the release.
Amyloidosis is uncommon but often goes misdiagnosed oregon adjacent undiagnosed owed to subtle symptoms, which are akin to those of different conditions, specified arsenic bosom failure. As such, it tin beryllium fatal.
The halfway volition big experts successful cardiology, neurology, pathology and different disciplines, who volition collaborate to make attraction plans for individuals with amyloidosis, according to the release.
Sabahat Bokhari is simply a prof successful the Division of Cardiovascular Disease and Hypertension astatine RWJMS and an internationally known adept successful amyloidosis. Bokhari volition service arsenic the center’s director.
"Amyloidosis tin beryllium a superior aesculapian information if it is not diagnosed properly," Bokhari said. "Our halfway combines expertise crossed a wide scope of disciplines with the astir precocious cardiac imaging capabilities to place these conditions overmuch earlier and make idiosyncratic attraction plans for patients that volition springiness patients the champion accidental to unrecorded longer and much healthy, progressive lives."
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