Amiloidosis cardíaca secundaria a mieloma múltiple detectada por ecocardiografía / Cardiac amyloidosis secondary to multiple myeloma detected by echocardiography
Rev. méd. Panamá
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19(3): 147-153, Sept. 1994.
Article
in Spanish
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| ID: lil-409957
RESUMO
The authors present the clinical history of a 70-year-old male with arterial hypertension who sought medical advice because of dyspnea on exertion, orthopnea and episodes of paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea. The electrocardiogram showed left arterial hemiblock and abnormalities of ventricular repolarization compatible with a left lateral endocardiac lesion. Echocardiography revealed a hypertrophied left ventricle with a small ventricular cavity, compatible with an infiltrative-restrictive myopathy. Blood chemistry showed creatinine 4.9 mg/dl, BUN 133 mg/dl and alkaline phosphatase 204 i.v. The patient expired because of intractable heart failure. The histopathological examination of a piece of myocardium (authorized by the family) stained with Congo red confirmed the presence of abundant, diffuse deposits of amyloid, as had been suspected because of the echocardiographic findings
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Main subject:
Echocardiography
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Amyloidosis
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Multiple Myeloma
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Cardiomyopathies
Type of study:
Etiology study
Limits:
Aged
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Humans
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Male
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Rev. méd. Panamá
Journal subject:
Medicine
Year:
1994
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Panama
Institution/Affiliation country:
Centro Médico del Caribe/PA
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