title: Acute limb ischemia in a patient with cardiac amyloidosis: a case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Cardiac amyloidosis is a manifestation of several systemic diseases known as amyloidoses. Arterial thromboembolic complications have not been reported to occur frequently, although the pathophysiology of cardiovascular amyloidosis would theoretically predispose to such manifestations.
  
  
  METHODS
  We present the case of a 52-year-old woman, who suffered from cardiac amyloidosis and was admitted to our hospital for left acute limb ischemia. An urgent embolectomy was performed, improving her clinical condition and the pathologoanatomic examination of the embolus revealed deposition of amyloid.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Peripheral arterial thromboembolic events in patients with amyloidosis are rare. An antiplatelet treatment is recommended in such patients with cardiac amyloidosis for the prevention of embolism.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Propedeutic Surgery, Agiou Thoma 17, 115 27 Goudi, “Laiko” General Hospital, Medical School, University of Athens, Greece. cverikokos@gmail.com
authors.forename: Christos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Verikokos
authors.forename: Marika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Moschou
authors.forename: Evridiki
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Karanikola
authors.forename: Stephanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vgenopoulou
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bellos
authors.forename: Panagiotis
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Roukanas
authors.forename: Efthimios
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Avgerinos