title: An intriguing case of primary amyloidosis with cardiac involvement: symptomatic and echocardiographic improvement with thalidomide treatment.
abstract: Patients with primary amyloidosis (AL) have poor prognosis with a median survival of one to two years. In patients with symptomatic cardiac involvement, prognosis is even worse with the reported median survival of 6 months. One patient, diagnosed as AL amyloidosis with cardiac involvement, was treated with thalidomide and showed remarkable improvement in functional capacity, cardiac function, and various laboratory parameters without any significant adverse effect and, therefore, we report the case with the review of literatures.
authors.forename: Il-Young
authors.initials: IY
authors.lastname: Oh
authors.forename: Hyung-Kwan
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Yong-Jin
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Dae-Won
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Sohn
authors.forename: Young-Bae
authors.initials: YB
authors.lastname: Park
mesh_terms: D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004452:Echocardiography; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013792:Thalidomide / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D013792:Thalidomide