Cardiac amyloidosis epidemiology and demographics


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Overview

 * 3-4% of african-americans carry the most common mutation that causes the substitution of Ile for Val at position and is known to contribute to the incidence of familial amyloidotic cardiomyopathy


 * After the age of 60, isolated cardiac amyloidosis is four times more common among blacks than whites in the United States. In the united states, 1.3 million gene carries have been reported with an approximate 150,000 over the age of 60 at risk for cardiac deposition.