An intriguing case of primary amyloidosis with cardiac involvement: symptomatic and echocardiographic improvement with thalidomide treatment.
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.
Oh
Il-Young
IY
Kim
Hyung-Kwan
HK
Kim
Yong-Jin
YJ
Sohn
Dae-Won
DW
Park
Young-Bae
YB
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
D013792:Thalidomide