title: Amyloid heart disease.
abstract: Heart involvement can have devastating consequences. The clinical consequences will depend on the type of amyloid, the extent of systemic involvement and treatment options. Patients in whom disease recognition is late have poor outcomes, because of the severity of cardiac compromise and the necessarily aggressive treatments.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Hillingdon Hospital, Uxbridge Middlesex.
authors.forename: Simon W
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Dubrey
authors.forename: Rodney H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Falk
mesh_terms: D000682:Amyloid / Q000378:metabolism; D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D011228:Prealbumin / Q000378:metabolism; D011379:Prognosis; D012307:Risk Factors; D033581:Stem Cell Transplantation; D013997:Time Factors; D014463:Ultrasonography
chemical_list: D000682:Amyloid; D011228:Prealbumin