Acute cardiac failure secondary to senile systemic amyloidosis.
Hereditary or senile transthyretin (TTR) cardiac amyloidosis is a rare and underestimated cause of heart failure in old patients. New diagnostic methods, particularly cardiac MRI and proteomic analysis, have been recently developed that enable both earlier identification and development of specific treatments.We report a case of cardiac amyloidosis revealed through late-onset heart failure.
Department of Geriatric Medicine, Rouen University Hospital, Rouen, France.
Quentin
Q
Bodard
Department of Geriatric Medicine, Rouen University Hospital, Rouen, France.
Frederic
F
Roca
Department of Geriatric Medicine, Rouen University Hospital, Rouen, France.
Baptiste
B
Dilly
Department of Geriatric Medicine, Rouen University Hospital, Rouen, France.
Druesne
D
Laurent
Department of Geriatric Medicine, Rouen University Hospital, Rouen, France.
Philippe
P
Chassagne
D000208:Acute Disease; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D028227:Amyloid Neuropathies, Familial / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D040901:Proteomics / Q000379:methods
D015415:Biomarkers
cardiac amyloidosis; heart failure; older people; senile amyloidosis; transthyretin amyloidosis