Cardiac Amyloidosis : Mini Review and a Case Report

Authors

  • Athanasios I. Triantafyllou Evaggelismos General Hospital
  • Ioannis E. Kapelakis Evaggelismos General Hospital
  • Epameinondas A. Triantafyllou Evaggelismos General Hospital
  • Konstantinos M. Lampropoulos Evaggelismos General Hospital
  • Antonios S. Manolis Evaggelismos General Hospital

Keywords:

Cardiac amyloidosis, Restrictive cardiomyopathy, Heart failure, Primary amyloidosis.

Abstract

Amyloidosis is a rare heterogeneous group of systemic disorders, which result due to extra cellular deposition of an insoluble, amorphous, eosinophilic, substance known as amyloid. The disease is often characterized by a restrictive cardiomyopathy with a poor prognosis and survival. The treatment of cardiac amyloidosis depends on the underlying etiology. However, the diagnosis of the type of cardiac amyloidosis is not always straightforward. We present here a case of cardiac amyloidosis and we discuss the different forms.

Author Biographies

Athanasios I. Triantafyllou, Evaggelismos General Hospital

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Ioannis E. Kapelakis, Evaggelismos General Hospital

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Epameinondas A. Triantafyllou, Evaggelismos General Hospital

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Konstantinos M. Lampropoulos, Evaggelismos General Hospital

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Antonios S. Manolis, Evaggelismos General Hospital

First Cardiology

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Published

2015-03-21

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Vol. 2 No. 1 (2015)

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