Electrocardiographic findings in primary systemic amyloidosis and biopsy-proven cardiac involvement.
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.
Murtagh
Blaithnead
B
Division of Cardiology, University of Texas, Houston, Texas, USA. blaithnead.m.murtagh@uth.tmc.edu
Hammill
Stephen C
SC
Gertz
Morie A
MA
Kyle
Robert A
RA
Tajik
A Jamil
AJ
Grogan
Martha
M
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*