[A clinical case of restrictive myocarditis due to senile-type amyloidosis].
We describe the case of a patient with restrictive cardiomyopathy due to primary amyloidosis associated with aging. The patient had a complex myocardial function. A brief review is made of the etiology, diagnostic procedures and therapy of this clinical entity, which is an important rare cause of cardiac death in elderly patients.
Martins
M
M
Serviço de Cardiologia, Hospital Condes de Castro Guimarães, Cascais.
Carvalho
M
M
Prudêncio
A
A
Ferreira
J C
JC
Seabra-Fabião
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A
D000368:Aged; D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D001706:Biopsy; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D002313:Cardiomyopathy, Restrictive / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology
Um caso clínico de miocardiopatia restritiva por amiloidose de tipo senil.