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The patient had a history of multiple HF hospitalizations due to an established diagnosis of wild type TTR-Amyloidosis with significant cardiac involvement. Since he was highly symptomatic, except during continuous dobutamine and diuretic infusion, it was opted to pursue CCM therapy device implantation. At follow up, a significant improvement in clinical status was reported with an increase of EF, functional status (6 min walk test improved from zero meters at baseline, to 270 m at 1 month and to 460 m at 12 months), and a reduction in pulmonary pressures. One year after device implantation, no other HF hospital admission was needed. CCM therapy may be effective in this difficult clinical setting. The AMY-CCM Registry, which has just begun, will evaluate the efficacy of CCM in patients with HF and diagnosed TTR amyloidosis to bring new evidence on its potential impact as a therapeutic option.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm12031184","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,2,2]],"date-time":"2023-02-02T05:44:45Z","timestamp":1675316685000},"page":"1184","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":8,"title":["Cardiac Contractility Modulation Therapy in Patients with Amyloid Cardiomyopathy and Heart Failure, Case Report, Review of the Biophysics of CCM Function, and AMY-CCM Registry Presentation"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"12","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2677-9214","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Procolo","family":"Marchese","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Cardiology Unit, Mazzoni Civil Hospital, 63100 Ascoli Piceno, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Francesca","family":"Gennaro","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Cardiology Unit, Mazzoni Civil Hospital, 63100 Ascoli Piceno, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Giovanni","family":"Mazzotta","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Cardiology Unit, Mazzoni Civil Hospital, 63100 Ascoli Piceno, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Claudia","family":"Acciarri","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Cardiology Unit, Mazzoni Civil Hospital, 63100 Ascoli Piceno, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Stenio","family":"Amabili","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Cardiology Unit, Mazzoni Civil Hospital, 63100 Ascoli Piceno, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Carlo","family":"Bonanni","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Cardiology Unit, Mazzoni Civil Hospital, 63100 Ascoli Piceno, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Antonella","family":"D\u2019Antonio","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Cardiology Unit, Mazzoni Civil Hospital, 63100 Ascoli Piceno, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Domenico","family":"Delfino","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Cardiology Unit, Mazzoni Civil Hospital, 63100 Ascoli Piceno, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6572-4590","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Luca","family":"Di Vito","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Cardiology Unit, Mazzoni Civil Hospital, 63100 Ascoli Piceno, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Manrico","family":"Partemi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Cardiology Unit, Mazzoni Civil Hospital, 63100 Ascoli Piceno, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Riccardo","family":"Pascucci","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Cardiology Unit, Mazzoni Civil Hospital, 63100 Ascoli Piceno, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Andrea","family":"Romandini","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Cardiology Unit, Mazzoni Civil Hospital, 63100 Ascoli Piceno, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Giancarla","family":"Scalone","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Cardiology Unit, Mazzoni Civil Hospital, 63100 Ascoli Piceno, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Simona","family":"Silenzi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Cardiology Unit, Mazzoni Civil Hospital, 63100 Ascoli Piceno, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Pierfrancesco","family":"Grossi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Cardiology Unit, Mazzoni Civil Hospital, 63100 Ascoli Piceno, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,2,2]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1865","DOI":"10.1161\/CIRCRESAHA.117.310643","article-title":"Amyloid Cardiomyopathy: Disease on the Rise","volume":"120","author":"Liao","year":"2017","journal-title":"Circ. 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