title: Sarcoid, amyloid and heart failure.
abstract: We report the case of an adult West Indian patient who presented with heart failure 20 years after an initial diagnosis of pulmonary sarcoidosis. Endomyocardial biopsy revealed AL type amyloid which was later found to be secondary to an underlying multiple myeloma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Cardiology, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK.
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Rakhit
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Clesham
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Cleland
mesh_terms: D000682:Amyloid / Q000032:analysis; D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D001706:Biopsy; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000473:pathology; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D004699:Endocardium / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009101:Multiple Myeloma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D017565:Sarcoidosis, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D000682:Amyloid; C035222:amyloid protein AL