Left Atrial Wall Thickening Is Crucial to Identify Cardiac Light-Chain Amyloidosis in an Elderly Patient With Libman-Sacks Endocarditis-Like Valvulopathy

Circ J. 2021 Sep 24;85(10):1894. doi: 10.1253/circj.CJ-21-0485. Epub 2021 Jul 6.

Authors

Sho Okada¹, Haruka Sasaki¹, Noriko Suzuki-Eguchi¹, Makiko Kinoshita¹, Hiroyuki Takaoka¹, Yoshio Kobayashi¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine.

PMID: 34234084
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-21-0485

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MeSH terms

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Amyloidosis* / diagnostic imaging
Endocarditis* / diagnostic imaging
Heart Valve Diseases*
Humans
Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic*
Mitral Valve