title: Electrocardiographic findings in primary systemic amyloidosis and biopsy-proven cardiac involvement.
abstract: The electrocardiograms of 127 patients with primary systemic amyloidosis and biopsy-proved cardiac involvement were analyzed. Low voltage (46%) and a pseudoinfarct pattern (47%) were the most common findings. Criteria for left ventricular hypertrophy were present in 16% of patients.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, University of Texas, Houston, Texas, USA. blaithnead.m.murtagh@uth.tmc.edu
authors.forename: Blaithnead
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Murtagh
authors.forename: Stephen C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Hammill
authors.forename: Morie A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Gertz
authors.forename: Robert A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Kyle
authors.forename: A Jamil
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Tajik
authors.forename: Martha
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Grogan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001706:Biopsy; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology*