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{{Cardiac amyloidosis}} | {{Cardiac amyloidosis}} | ||
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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
There is no specific diagnostic blood test, radiograph, or scan that can be used to diagnose amyloidosis; hence, awareness of the disease is necessary to identify patients with amyloidosis.<ref name="pmid9429195">{{cite journal |author=Hawkins PN |title=The diagnosis, natural history and treatment of amyloidosis. The Goulstonian Lecture 1995 |journal=[[Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London]] |volume=31 |issue=5 |pages=552–60 |year=1997 |pmid=9429195 |doi= |url= |accessdate=2012-02-13}}</ref> | There is no specific diagnostic blood test, radiograph, or scan that can be used to diagnose amyloidosis; hence, awareness of the disease is necessary to identify patients with amyloidosis.<ref name="pmid9429195">{{cite journal |author=Hawkins PN |title=The diagnosis, natural history and treatment of amyloidosis. The Goulstonian Lecture 1995 |journal=[[Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London]] |volume=31 |issue=5 |pages=552–60 |year=1997 |pmid=9429195 |doi= |url= |accessdate=2012-02-13}}</ref> | ||
== | ==Laboratory Findings== | ||
*[[Normocytic normochromic anemia]] | *[[Normocytic normochromic anemia]] | ||
*Electrolyte abnormalities secondary to [[heart failure]] | *Electrolyte abnormalities secondary to [[heart failure]] | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Raviteja Guddeti, M.B.B.S. [2]; Aarti Narayan, M.B.B.S [3]; Lakshmi Gopalakrishnan, M.B.B.S. [4]
Overview
There is no specific diagnostic blood test, radiograph, or scan that can be used to diagnose amyloidosis; hence, awareness of the disease is necessary to identify patients with amyloidosis.[1]
Laboratory Findings
- Normocytic normochromic anemia
- Electrolyte abnormalities secondary to heart failure
References
- ↑ Hawkins PN (1997). "The diagnosis, natural history and treatment of amyloidosis. The Goulstonian Lecture 1995". Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London. 31 (5): 552–60. PMID 9429195.
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