Cardiac amyloidosis
Keywords:
cardiac amyloidosis, transthyretin, light chains, endomyocardial biopsy, congo red staining.Abstract
Presentation of a clinical case in relation to a rare pathology such as cardiac amyloidosis in a patient with de novo heart failure.
A 72-year-old patient with a personal pathological history of essential arterial hypertension, who started with signs and symptoms of heart failure, underwent paraclinical and imaging studies, and findings compatible with amyloid deposits were reported, so a positive endomyocardial biopsy was performed for cardiac amyloidosis.
Cardiac amyloidosis is a rare disease. The diagnosis is made through cardiovascular signs and symptoms associated with laboratory findings, imaging studies such as echocardiography and magnetic resonance imaging, as well as tissue biopsy. Treatment is focused on the type of amyloidosis that the patient presents.
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