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HIBA-Institutional Registry of Amyloidosis

Institutional Registry of Amyloidosis (Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires)


Sponsor

Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires

Enrollment

500 participants

Start Date

Apr 1, 2011

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Conditions

Summary

1. Creating a population-based registry system Amyloidosis prospective epidemiological survey * risk factors * diagnosis * prognosis * treatment * monitoring * survival 2. Describe the occurrence of amyloidosis in the population of HIBA, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires. 3. Describe the characteristics of clinical presentation, evolution and predisposing factors of amyloidosis.


Eligibility

Min Age: 18 Years

Inclusion Criteria4

  • Cases of amyloidosis are captured by electronic medical records whenever the physician register amyloidosis as a patient diagnosis, and/or there is amyloidosis in a biopsy specimen and/or requests for the following studies of an adult patient: plasma kappa and lambda light-chain concentrations, the kappa: lambda ratio, transthoracic Doppler echocardiography, or cardiovascular magnetic resonance examination or pyrophosphate scintigraphy From the possible cases included in the IRA, a prospective review of the electronics health records was performed to confirm the presence of amyloidosis
  • Patients over 18 years:
  • Confirmed amyloidosis: Proof of deposit of amyloid pathology by tissue biopsy in abdominal fat, bone marrow, rectum or organ involved (eg, kidney, liver, sural nerve)
  • Clinically compatible case of Amyloidosis :

Exclusion Criteria1

  • Refusal to participate in the study or the informed consent process by the patient or legal representative or refusal to consent to participate in the study in the case of minors.

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Locations(1)

Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina

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