Not all myocardium that sparkles is amyloid
| Autor: | Adrian T. Warfield, J K Teoh, Richard P. Steeds |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Fatal outcome Lymphoma B-Cell Amyloid business.industry General Medicine Amyloidosis Middle Aged Left ventricular hypertrophy medicine.disease Pericardial effusion Diagnosis Differential Heart Neoplasms Fatal Outcome Internal medicine medicine Cardiology Successful resuscitation Humans Normocytic anaemia Abnormality business Cardiomyopathies |
| Zdroj: | QJM : monthly journal of the Association of Physicians. 107(11) |
| ISSN: | 1460-2393 |
| Popis: | A 62-year-old gentleman was admitted following successful resuscitation from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Admission blood tests demonstrated a mild normocytic anaemia but no other abnormality. Transthoracic echocardiography revealed severe left ventricular hypertrophy with typical speckled appearance, moderate systolic dysfunction and global pericardial effusion (Figure 1 … |
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