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==Overview==
==Overview==
The most common symptoms observed in patients with amyloidosis include: [[fatigue]], [[weight loss]], and [[purpura|periorbital purpura]].<ref name="pmid7878478">{{cite journal |author=Kyle RA, Gertz MA |title=Primary systemic amyloidosis: clinical and laboratory features in 474 cases |journal=[[Seminars in Hematology]] |volume=32 |issue=1 |pages=45–59 |year=1995 |month=January |pmid=7878478 |doi= |url= |accessdate=2012-02-13}}</ref>
Amyloidosis is a multi-system disease involving many [[Organ (biology)|organs]] simultaneously. Approximately 50% of the [[Patient|patients]] with cardiac amyloidosis present with [[right heart failure]] [[symptoms]]. The most common [[symptoms]] observed in [[patients]] with cardiac amyloidosis include [[fatigue]], [[weight loss]], and [[purpura|periorbital purpura]].


==Symptoms==
==History and Symptoms==
*Cardiac amyloid deposition can cause symptoms suggestive of:
:*[[congestive heart failure]] such as [[fatigue]], [[dyspnea]], [[orthopnea]]<ref name="pmid7878478">{{cite journal |author=Kyle RA, Gertz MA |title=Primary systemic amyloidosis: clinical and laboratory features in 474 cases |journal=[[Seminars in Hematology]] |volume=32 |issue=1 |pages=45–59 |year=1995 |month=January |pmid=7878478 |doi= |url= |accessdate=2012-02-13}}</ref>, [[peripheral edema]], [[ascites]] ''and/or''
:*[[arrhythmia|arrhythmias]] such as [[Palpitation|palpitations]]


*[[Postural hypotension]] may be observed in patients with subendothelial amyloid deposition.<ref name="pmid17062380">{{cite journal |author=Rapezzi C, Perugini E, Salvi F, Grigioni F, Riva L, Cooke RM, Ferlini A, Rimessi P, Bacchi-Reggiani L, Ciliberti P, Pastorelli F, Leone O, Bartolomei I, Pinna AD, Arpesella G, Branzi A |title=Phenotypic and genotypic heterogeneity in transthyretin-related cardiac amyloidosis: towards tailoring of therapeutic strategies? |journal=[[Amyloid : the International Journal of Experimental and Clinical Investigation : the Official Journal of the International Society of Amyloidosis]] |volume=13 |issue=3 |pages=143–53 |year=2006 |month=September |pmid=17062380 |doi=10.1080/13506120600877136 |url=http://informahealthcare.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13506120600877136 |accessdate=2012-02-13}}</ref>  
=== History ===
 
* [[Patient|Patients]] with cardiac amyloidosis present with [[Medical sign|signs]] and [[Symptom|symptoms]] of [[Congestive heart failure|heart failure]].
 
=== Symptoms ===
Cardiac amyloidosis can be associated with the following [[Symptom|symptoms]]:<ref name="pmid9578896">{{cite journal |author=Dubrey SW, Cha K, Anderson J, ''et al.'' |title=The clinical features of immunoglobulin light-chain (AL) amyloidosis with heart involvement |journal=[[QJM : Monthly Journal of the Association of Physicians]] |volume=91 |issue=2 |pages=141–57 |year=1998 |month=February |pmid=9578896 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
 
*[[Congestive heart failure]] with associated symptoms such as
**[[Fatigue]]
**[[Dyspnea]]
**[[Dizziness]]
**[[Orthopnea]]<ref name="pmid7878478">{{cite journal |author=Kyle RA, Gertz MA |title=Primary systemic amyloidosis: clinical and laboratory features in 474 cases |journal=[[Seminars in Hematology]] |volume=32 |issue=1 |pages=45–59 |year=1995 |month=January |pmid=7878478 |doi= |url= |accessdate=2012-02-13}}</ref>
**[[Peripheral edema]]
**[[Weight loss]] due to [[cardiac cachexia]]
**[[Ascites]]
*[[arrhythmia|Arrhythmias]] with associated symptoms such as [[Palpitation|palpitations]]
*[[Syncope]] and [[presyncope]]
**[[Syncope]] on exertion is an ominous sign of cardiac amyloidosis, as these [[Patient|patients]] cannot augment their [[cardiac output]] due to poor filling of the [[ventricle]] ([[restrictive cardiomyopathy]]).<ref name="pmid21747665">{{cite journal |author=Mugnai G, Cicoira M, Rossi A, Vassanelli C |title=Syncope in cardiac amyloidosis and chronic ischemic heart disease: A case report |journal=[[Experimental and Clinical Cardiology]] |volume=16 |issue=2 |pages=51–3 |year=2011 |pmid=21747665 |pmc=3126684 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
*[[Postural hypotension]] may be observed in [[Patient|patients]] with subendothelial amyloid deposition.<ref name="pmid17062380">{{cite journal |author=Rapezzi C, Perugini E, Salvi F, Grigioni F, Riva L, Cooke RM, Ferlini A, Rimessi P, Bacchi-Reggiani L, Ciliberti P, Pastorelli F, Leone O, Bartolomei I, Pinna AD, Arpesella G, Branzi A |title=Phenotypic and genotypic heterogeneity in transthyretin-related cardiac amyloidosis: towards tailoring of therapeutic strategies? |journal=[[Amyloid : the International Journal of Experimental and Clinical Investigation : the Official Journal of the International Society of Amyloidosis]] |volume=13 |issue=3 |pages=143–53 |year=2006 |month=September |pmid=17062380 |doi=10.1080/13506120600877136 |url=http://informahealthcare.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13506120600877136 |accessdate=2012-02-13}}</ref>
*[[Chest pain]] or [[chest discomfort]] <ref name="pmid10974179">{{cite journal |author=Mueller PS, Edwards WD, Gertz MA |title=Symptomatic ischemic heart disease resulting from obstructive intramural coronary amyloidosis |journal=[[The American Journal of Medicine]] |volume=109 |issue=3 |pages=181–8 |year=2000 |month=August |pmid=10974179 |doi= |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid10610629">{{cite journal |author=Al Suwaidi J, Velianou JL, Gertz MA, ''et al.'' |title=Systemic amyloidosis presenting with angina pectoris |journal=[[Annals of Internal Medicine]] |volume=131 |issue=11 |pages=838–41 |year=1999 |month=December |pmid=10610629 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
* Non-specific symptoms like:
**[[purpura|Periorbital purpura]]
**[[Poor appetite]]
**[[Weight loss]]
**[[Early satiety]]


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Amyloidosis is a multi-system disease involving many organs simultaneously. Approximately 50% of the patients with cardiac amyloidosis present with right heart failure symptoms. The most common symptoms observed in patients with cardiac amyloidosis include fatigue, weight loss, and periorbital purpura.

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Cardiac amyloidosis can be associated with the following symptoms:[1]

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  1. ↑ Dubrey SW, Cha K, Anderson J; et al. (1998). "The clinical features of immunoglobulin light-chain (AL) amyloidosis with heart involvement". QJM : Monthly Journal of the Association of Physicians. 91 (2): 141–57. PMID 9578896. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  2. ↑ Kyle RA, Gertz MA (1995). "Primary systemic amyloidosis: clinical and laboratory features in 474 cases". Seminars in Hematology. 32 (1): 45–59. PMID 7878478. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help); |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  3. ↑ Mugnai G, Cicoira M, Rossi A, Vassanelli C (2011). "Syncope in cardiac amyloidosis and chronic ischemic heart disease: A case report". Experimental and Clinical Cardiology. 16 (2): 51–3. PMC 3126684. PMID 21747665.
  4. ↑ Rapezzi C, Perugini E, Salvi F, Grigioni F, Riva L, Cooke RM, Ferlini A, Rimessi P, Bacchi-Reggiani L, Ciliberti P, Pastorelli F, Leone O, Bartolomei I, Pinna AD, Arpesella G, Branzi A (2006). "Phenotypic and genotypic heterogeneity in transthyretin-related cardiac amyloidosis: towards tailoring of therapeutic strategies?". Amyloid : the International Journal of Experimental and Clinical Investigation : the Official Journal of the International Society of Amyloidosis. 13 (3): 143–53. doi:10.1080/13506120600877136. PMID 17062380. Retrieved 2012-02-13. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  5. ↑ Mueller PS, Edwards WD, Gertz MA (2000). "Symptomatic ischemic heart disease resulting from obstructive intramural coronary amyloidosis". The American Journal of Medicine. 109 (3): 181–8. PMID 10974179. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  6. ↑ Al Suwaidi J, Velianou JL, Gertz MA; et al. (1999). "Systemic amyloidosis presenting with angina pectoris". Annals of Internal Medicine. 131 (11): 838–41. PMID 10610629. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)


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