Systemic amyloidosis with cardiac involvement in a 47 year old nigerian: a case report

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International Journal of Development Research

Volume: 
7
Article ID: 
10015
3 pages
Case Report

Systemic amyloidosis with cardiac involvement in a 47 year old nigerian: a case report

Gomerep, V.S., Raphael, S.C., Kumtap, Y.C., Okoh, A.F., Kwaghe, B.V., Emmanuel, I., Davwar, M.P., Chundusu, C. and Danbauchi, S.S.

Received 14th June, 2017: Received in revised form 18th July, 2017: Accepted 02nd August, 2017:Published online 30th September, 2017

Copyright ©2017, Gomerep et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Abstract: 

Cardiac amyloidosis is a rare clinical disorder caused by extracellular deposition of insoluble fibrils within the myocardium. The rarity of the condition makes it difficult to diagnose, hence a high index of suspicion on the part of the physician is needed. Cardiac amyloidosis should be suspected in patients with unexplained congestive heart-failure symptoms accompanied by low-voltage complexes on ECG, and ventricular hypertrophy with abnormal myocardial texture, described as ‘granular sparkling’ on echocardiogram.

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