title: Symptomatic cardiac amyloidosis in an American family.
abstract: This report describes an American family with a high incidence of symptomatic cardiac amyloidosis among four siblings, and explores the role of echocardiography and technetium pyrophosphate myocardial scintigraphy in the detection of this infiltrative cardiomyopathy within the involved family.
mesh_terms: D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics*; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics*; D011756:Diphosphates; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006321:Heart / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006333:Heart Failure; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013667:Technetium; D016698:Technetium Tc 99m Pyrophosphate
chemical_list: D011756:Diphosphates; D016698:Technetium Tc 99m Pyrophosphate; D013667:Technetium