title: [A clinical case of restrictive myocarditis due to senile-type amyloidosis].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Serviço de Cardiologia, Hospital Condes de Castro Guimarães, Cascais.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Martins
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Carvalho
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Prudêncio
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Ferreira
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Seabra-Fabião
mesh_terms: 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
vernacular_title: Um caso clínico de miocardiopatia restritiva por amiloidose de tipo senil.