[Cardiac amyloidosis: a restrictive cardiopathy with no single prognosis].
Cardiac amyloidosis is expressed as a restrictive myocardiopathy. Echocardiography suggests the diagnosis. There is a great difference between the prognosis of senile cardiac amyloidosis and "AL" amyloidosis. We illustrate this point with two case reports.
Simorre
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Service de Médecine Interne, Clinique Médico-Chirurgicale Beau-Soleil, Montpellier.
Levy
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Yeche
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Reynaud
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Dubois
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