Transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM) is a common type of amyloidosis, which affects the heart, causing heart muscles to stiffen and eventually lead to heart failure. ATTR-CM often causes symptoms of heart failure, such as fatigue, shortness of breath and peripheral edema, and other symptoms related to buildup of amyloid fibrils in the body. There are two forms of transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM); hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis (hATTR) and wild type transthyretin amyloidosis (wtATTR). This disease is often diagnosed only after symptoms have become severe.
Market Dynamics
Rising incidence of transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy is expected to drive the transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM) treatment market growth. For instance, according to the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), an article published in December 2019, reports the study of the Japan Medical Data Vision (MDV), which was a hospital based database from January 2010 to September 2018 to estimate the number of currently diagnosed ATTR-CM patients. This study reports data of over 9 years of study which included 3255 patients (155.8 per million adult patients in the MDV database) to 3992 patients (191.1 per million) diagnoses of wild type transthyretin amyloidosis (wtATTR).
However, lack of awareness about transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM) is expected to hinder the market growth. For instance, according to an article published by Amyloidosis. Amyloidosis Foundation in 2016, awareness of transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM) is low among the general public as well as healthcare professionals and therefore, this condition often is unnoticed.
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