title: [Atypical left ventricular hypertrophy revealing a rare cause of heart failure in a man from the Comoros Islands].
abstract: In Africa, hypertension is a major public health problem, and hypertensive heart disease is a leading cause of heart failure. Left ventricular hypertrophy is a common consequence of hypertension. We present a case illustrating an unusual cause of such hypertrophy in a 73-year-old patient with heart failure living in the Comoros Islands, in whom we diagnosed cardiac amyloidosis. This disease has not previously been reported in the Comoros Islands and remains associated with a poor prognosis.
authors.affiliation: Hôpital des armées A.-Laveran, service de cardiologie, boulevard Laveran, 13384 Marseille cédex 13.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cautela
authors.affiliation: Hôpital des armées A.-Laveran, service de cardiologie, boulevard Laveran, 13384 Marseille cédex 13.
authors.forename: P-L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Massoure
authors.affiliation: Hôpital des armées A.-Laveran, service de cardiologie, boulevard Laveran, 13384 Marseille cédex 13.
authors.forename: N-C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Roche
authors.affiliation: Service d'anatomopathologie, boulevard Laveran, 13384 Marseille.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Taix
authors.affiliation: Hôpital des armées A.-Laveran, service de cardiologie, boulevard Laveran, 13384 Marseille cédex 13.
authors.forename: J-M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Gil
authors.affiliation: Hôpital des armées A.-Laveran, service de cardiologie, boulevard Laveran, 13384 Marseille cédex 13.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fourcade
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000150:complications*; D017507:Comoros; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D017379:Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male
keywords: Comoros; cardiac amyloidosis; heart failure; left ventricular hypertrophy