Cardiac amyloidosis
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| Amyloidosis Lesion In Left Atrium: Gross natural color view of a diagnostic lesion Image courtesy of Professor Peter Anderson DVM PhD and published with permission © PEIR, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Pathology |
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor: Cafer Zorkun, M.D., Ph.D. [2]
Synonyms and keywords: Cardiac amyloid; amyloid cardiac; amyloid cardiomyopathy
Overview
Pathophysiology
Causes
Differentiating Cardiac Amyloidosis from other Diseases
Epidemiology and Demographics
Risk Factors
Natural History, Complications and Prognosis
Diagnosis
History and Symptoms | Physical Examination | Laboratory Findings | Electrocardiogram | Chest X Ray | CT | MRI | Echocardiography | Nuclear Cardiac Scans | Cardiac Biopsy
Treatment
Medical Therapy | Cardiac transplant | Primary Prevention | Secondary Prevention | Cost-Effectiveness of Therapy | Future or Investigational Therapies
Case Studies
Additional Readings
- Amyloid and amyloidosis. Gilles Grateau, Robert A. Kyle, Martha Skinner, 2005 ISBN 0-8493-3534-5
External Links
- Amyloid Heart Disease
- Primary cardiac amyloidosis in a young man presenting with angina pectoris
- Microscopic amyloid deposits in the heart valves: a common local complication of chronic damage and scarring
- Obstructive intramural coronary amyloidosis: a distinct phenotype of cardiac amyloidosis that can cause acute heart failure
- Unique type of isolated cardiac valvular amyloidosis
- Intracellular cardiac amyloidosis in familiar amyloid polyneuropathy of the Portuguese type
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Amyloidosis Microchapters |
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Diagnosis |
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Treatment |
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Case Studies |
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Cardiac amyloidosis On the Web |
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American Roentgen Ray Society Images of Cardiac amyloidosis |