title: Case 3/2014--81-year-old patient hospitalized for decompensated heart failure.
authors.affiliation: Instituto do Coração, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Bruna Affonso
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Madaloso
authors.affiliation: Instituto do Coração, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Paulo Sampaio
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Gutierrez
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D001344:Autopsy; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000473:pathology; D004562:Electrocardiography; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology*; D010496:Pericardium / Q000473:pathology; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D014463:Ultrasonography