Cardiac Amyloidosis Presenting as Biventricular Systolic Heart Failure
| Autor: | Monique Oye, Aaron Richardson, Edin Sadic, Ahmad Alkhasawneh, Gladys Velarde |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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| Zdroj: | Case Reports in Cardiology, Vol 2021 (2021) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2090-6404 2090-6412 |
| DOI: | 10.1155/2021/6671469 |
| Popis: | A previously healthy octogenarian presented with new onset heart failure symptoms. Comprehensive multimodality imaging including complete echocardiography with longitudinal strain analysis, cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (cMRI), nuclear medicine pyrophosphate (99-mcTcPYP) scan along with biomarker, monoclonal protein analysis, and fat pad biopsy confirmed diagnosis of transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis. |
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