[52 year-old patient with severe heart failure due to multiple myeloma].
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.
Morbach
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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
Breunig
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Weidemann
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Topp
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Ritter
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Schneider
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P
Einsele
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Störk
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Angermann
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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