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Director, John C. Davis Myeloma & Amyloid Program
Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston, Massachusetts
Serene and Frances C. Durling Professor of Medicine and of Laboratory Medicine, and Pathology
Hematology Research Chair
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota
Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine
Co-Director, Stanford Amyloid Center
Stanford University School of Medicine
Palo Alto, California
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Director, John C. Davis Myeloma & Amyloid Program
Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston, Massachusetts
Serene and Frances C. Durling Professor of Medicine and of Laboratory Medicine, and Pathology
Hematology Research Chair
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota
Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine
Co-Director, Stanford Amyloid Center
Stanford University School of Medicine
Palo Alto, California
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ACE-I = angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor
AE = adverse event
AL = amyloid light-chain
ARB = angiotensin II receptor blocker
ATTR = amyloid transthyretin
BCD = bortezomib, cyclophosphamide, and dexamethasone
BCMA = B-cell maturation antigen
BM = bone marrow
BMBx = bone marrow biopsy and aspiration
BMDex = bortezomib plus melphalan and dexamethasone
BNP = B-type natriuretic peptide
CAR = chimeric antigen receptor
CHF = congestive heart failure
CR = complete response
CyBorD = cyclophosphamide, bortezomib, and dexamethasone
DARA = daratumumab
Dex = dexamethasone
DGE = dynamic glucose enhanced
DPD = 3,3-diphosphono-1,2-propanodicarboxylic acid
eGFR = estimated glomerular filtration rate
FLC = free light chain
GI = gastrointestinal
H&E = hematoxylin and eosin
ICD = implantable cardioverter-defibrillator
IDE-CEL = idecabtagene vicleucel
IMiD = immunomodulatory imide drug
LC = liquid chromatography
LVH = left ventricular hypertrophy
MALToma = lymphoma involving mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue
MASS-FIX = matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass-spectrometry
MGUS = monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance
MOD-PFS = major organ deterioration progression-free survival
MRD = minimal residual disease
MRI = magnetic resonance imaging
NT-proBNP = N-terminal pro–B-type natriuretic peptide
NYHA = New York Heart Association
PYP = pyrophosphate
SC = subcutaneous
SIFE = serum immunofixation test
SPIE = serum protein electrophoresis with immunofixation
UIFE = urine immunofixation test
UPIE = urine protein electrophoresis with immunofixation
VGPR = very good partial response
VT = ventricular tachycardia
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