Wild-type (senile) amyloidosis electrocardiogram

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The EKG findings in wild-type (senile) amyloidosis have low sensitivity and specificity for the condition.^[1]
This is because the EKG findings are also common in aging patients in the setting of comorbidities.

↑ Ilia G. Halatchev, Jingsheng Zheng & Jiafu Ou (2018). "Wild-type transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis (ATTRwt-CA), previously known as senile cardiac amyloidosis: clinical presentation, diagnosis, management and emerging therapies". Journal of thoracic disease. 10 (3): 2034–2045. doi:10.21037/jtd.2018.03.134. PMID 29707360. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)