[Cardiac amyloidosis, about an atypical case]

B Falque; L Davin; P Mélon; S Robinet; P J Bruyère; L Pierard

[Cardiac amyloidosis, about an atypical case]

Rev Med Liege. 2013 Oct;68(10):497-503.

[Article in French]

Authors

B Falque¹, L Davin, P Mélon, S Robinet, P J Bruyère, L Pierard

Affiliation

¹ Service de Cardiologie, Imagerie cardio-vasculaire, CHU de Liège, Belgique.

PMID: 24298723

Abstract

A 64 year old patient with heart failure due to primary cardiac amyloidosis is described. This case offers the opportunity to review the literature dealing with the cardiac involvement associated with this disorder and the differential diagnosis of restrictive heart disease.

Publication types

Case Reports
English Abstract
Review

MeSH terms

Amyloidosis / complications*
Amyloidosis / physiopathology
Diagnosis, Differential
Echocardiography
Heart Failure / diagnosis*
Heart Failure / etiology
Heart Failure / physiopathology
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Middle Aged