Cardiac amyloidosis

Authors

  • Alina Odriozola Guitart Hospital Hermanos Ameijeiras
  • Julián Treviño González Hospital Hermanos Ameijeiras

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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Author Biographies

Alina Odriozola Guitart, Hospital Hermanos Ameijeiras

Especialista en Medicina Interna

Julián Treviño González, Hospital Hermanos Ameijeiras

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2399-2340

Published

2022-12-31

How to Cite

1.
Odriozola Guitart A, Treviño González J. Cardiac amyloidosis. Rev Cubana Med [Internet]. 2022 Dec. 31 [cited 2025 Jul. 7];61(4). Available from: https://revmedicina.sld.cu/index.php/med/article/view/2998