ABSTRACT
Restrictive cardiomyopathy is the least common form of cardiomyopathy, and the disease that most often cause it, is the system amyloidosis. We present a 62-year-old with a history of heart failure, which in its assessment highlights the discrepancy between the low voltage ventricular complexes in the electrocardiogram and the severity of left ventricular wall thickness on echocardiography. This discrepancy was the source of suspicion and subsequent confirmation of systemic amyloidosis with cardiac involvement.
Subject(s)
Amyloidosis/diagnosis , Cardiomyopathy, Restrictive/diagnosis , Electrocardiography/methods , Heart Ventricles/diagnostic imaging , Amyloidosis/complications , Cardiomyopathy, Restrictive/etiology , Fatal Outcome , Humans , Heart Failure/complications , Male , Myocardium/pathology , Middle Aged , Heart Ventricles/physiopathologyABSTRACT
Restrictive cardiomyopathy is the least common form of cardiomyopathy, and the disease that most often cause it, is the system amyloidosis. We present a 62-year-old with a history of heart failure, which in its assessment highlights the discrepancy between the low voltage ventricular complexes in the electrocardiogram and the severity of left ventricular wall thickness on echocardiography. This discrepancy was the source of suspicion and subsequent confirmation of systemic amyloidosis with cardiac involvement.
