The eyes are the window to the heart: one case of cardiac amyloidosis with eyelid swelling as the initial symptom

J Geriatr Cardiol. 2017 Nov;14(11):712-714. doi: 10.11909/j.issn.1671-5411.2017.11.008.

Authors

Ting-Zhi Deng¹, Bai-Qing Ou¹, Dao-Quan Peng²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Geriatrics, Hunan Provincial People's Hospital (The First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan Normal University) Changsha, Hunan, China.
² Department of Cardiology, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China.

PMID: 29321803
PMCID: PMC5756746
DOI: 10.11909/j.issn.1671-5411.2017.11.008

No abstract available

Keywords: Cardiac amyloidosis; Eyelid biopsy; Ultrasonic cardiogram.