Senile cardiac amyloidosis: Clinical manifestations and non-invasive diagnostic approach

Hellenic J Cardiol. 2017 Jan-Feb;58(1):60-64. doi: 10.1016/j.hjc.2017.01.006. Epub 2017 Feb 2.

Authors

Dimitrios Varvarousis¹, Kali Polytarchou², Nikolaos Daskalopoulos³, Ioannis Mantas³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, General Hospital of Chalkida, Chalkida, Greece. Electronic address: dvarvar@hotmail.com.
² Department of Cardiology, General Hospital of Athens "Evagelismos", Athens, Greece.
³ Department of Cardiology, General Hospital of Chalkida, Chalkida, Greece.

PMID: 28163147
DOI: 10.1016/j.hjc.2017.01.006

No abstract available

Keywords: Amyloid types; Cardiac involvement; Echocardiography; Restrictive cardiomyopathy.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
Amyloidosis / diagnostic imaging*
Amyloidosis / pathology
Cardiomyopathy, Restrictive / diagnostic imaging*
Cardiomyopathy, Restrictive / pathology
Cardiomyopathy, Restrictive / therapy
Diagnostic Imaging
Dyspnea / diagnosis
Dyspnea / etiology
Echocardiography / methods*
Electrocardiography
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods
Male
Pacemaker, Artificial / standards
Treatment Outcome