Amyloid heart disease.
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.
Dubrey
Simon W
SW
Department of Cardiology, Hillingdon Hospital, Uxbridge Middlesex.
Falk
Rodney H
RH
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
D000682:Amyloid; D011228:Prealbumin