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ArticleJACC. Case reports2025

Concurrent Use of Tafamidis and Mavacamten for Transthyretin Cardiac Amyloidosis With Severe Outflow Tract Obstruction.

Ali Asghar Kassamali, Joban Vaishnav, Matthew J Czarny, Victoria Blake, Vrinda Gupta, Jeremy Johnson, Stefan L Zimmerman, Jose A Madrazo, Richard T Carrick

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Ali Asghar KassamaliJohns Hopkins University, Krieger School for Arts and Science, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Joban VaishnavDivision of Cardiology, Johns Hopkins Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Matthew J CzarnyDivision of Cardiology, Johns Hopkins Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Victoria BlakeDivision of Cardiology, Johns Hopkins Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Vrinda GuptaDivision of Cardiology, Johns Hopkins Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Jeremy JohnsonDepartment of Pathology and Oncology, Johns Hopkins Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Stefan L ZimmermanDepartment of Radiology, Johns Hopkins Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Jose A MadrazoDivision of Cardiology, Johns Hopkins Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Richard T CarrickDivision of Cardiology, Johns Hopkins Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Electronic address: rcarric5@jh.edu.

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Abstract

backgroundCardiac amyloidosis (CA) and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy often manifest with overlapping clinical features, making diagnosis and management challenging. CASE SUMMARY: We describe a 79-year-old man presenting with exertional dyspnea and presyncope who was diagnosed with transthyretin CA with left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) obstruction and was treated with concurrent mavacamten and tafamidis. DISCUSSION: There is substantial overlap in the clinical phenotypes of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and CA, and the presence of hemodynamically significant LVOT does not exclude the possibility of CA as an underlying diagnosis. Endomyocardial biopsy may be required when noninvasive testing is ambiguous or in the presence of overlapping disease features. TAKE-HOME MESSAGES: Hemodynamically significant LVOT obstruction is a rare but clinically relevant manifestation of CA that may lead to diagnostic ambiguity and difficult management decisions. Tafamidis and mavacamten can be used safely in combination to provide symptom relief and slow disease progression in obstructive transthyretin CA.

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echocardiographyhypertrophic cardiomyopathyleft ventricular hypertrophyleft ventricular outflow tract obstructionmavacamtentafamidistransthyretin cardiac amyloidosis

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PMCPMC12426521

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