Astonishing new research shows heart condition can be reversed

Astonishing new research shows heart condition can be reversed Three men who had heart failure caused by the build-up of sticky, toxic proteins are now free of symptoms after their condition spontaneously reversed in an unprecedented case described by a team at UCL and the Royal Free Hospital. 

The condition, a form of amyloidosis affecting the heart, is progressive and has until now been seen as irreversible, with half of patients dying within four years of diagnosis. Royal Free Hospital

See also:

• Antibody-Associated Reversal of ATTR Amyloidosis–Related Cardiomyopathy New England Journal of Medicine
• Devastating heart condition spontaneously reversed in ‘unprecedented case’ Evening Standard
• Deadly heart condition spontaneously reversed for first time in major breakthrough The Independent