title: [52 year-old patient with severe heart failure due to multiple myeloma].
abstract: Cardiac amyloidosis represents a prognostically relevant comorbidity in multiple myeloma. We report the case of a patient in whom severe heart failure symptoms as a consequence of cardiac AL-amyloidosis resolved after tandem high-dose melphalan therapy followed by autologous blood-stem cell transplantation. Partial regression of cardiac amyloid deposits and improvement of cardiac function were objectified.
authors.affiliation: Schwerpunkt "Kardiologie an der Poliklinik", Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik I der Universität Würzburg, Klinikstrasse 6-8, 97070, Würzburg, Deutschland. morbach_c@klinik.uni-wuerzburg.de
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Morbach
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Breunig
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Weidemann
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Topp
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ritter
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Schneider
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Einsele
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Störk
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Angermann
mesh_terms: D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009101:Multiple Myeloma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy