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Tafamidis – a new treatment for amyloidosis The European Commission (EC) has granted marketing authorisation for tafamidis (Vyndaqel®, Pfizer), a once-daily 61 mg oral capsule, for the treatment of wild-type or hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis in adult patients with cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM). Tafamidis is the first authorised treatment in the European Union for patients with ATTR-CM. Prior to this authorisation, treatment options for patients with ATTR-CM were restricted to symptom management, and, in rare cases, heart (or heart and liver) transplant. ATTR-CM is a rare, under-diagnosed and life-threatening disease characterised by the b

European Society of Cardiology congress 2018, held in Munich Other news from the European Society of Cardiology Congress 2018 Not all HDL cholesterol is cardioprotective COMMANDER HF: rivaroxaban in heart failure… …and in VTE in the MARINER trial Is it safe for women with heart disease to become pregnant? Several new guidelines from the ESC were announced at the meeting: ESC guidelines on the management of cardiovascular diseases during pregnancy, first published in 2011, have been updated with a second edition in 2018 2018 ESC/EACTS (European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery) guidelines on myocardial revascularisation 2018 ES