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ArticleCureus2024

Challenges and Uncertainties in the Diagnosis of Cardiac Amyloidosis: A Case Report.

Alia A Ibrahim, Mohammed Gaffar Mohammed, Haitham B Elmasharaf, Ibrahim Y Osman, Nagoud M Ali

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Article in Cureus, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 authors.

Alia A IbrahimInternal Medicine, Dr. Sulaiman Al-Habib Hospital - Al Sweidi Branch, Riyadh, SAU.
Mohammed Gaffar MohammedInternal Medicine, Dr. Sulaiman Al-Habib Hospital - Al Sweidi Branch, Riyadh, SAU.
Haitham B ElmasharafRheumatology, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, SAU.
Ibrahim Y OsmanCardiology, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, SAU.
Nagoud M AliPathology, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, SAU.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Amyloidosis is the condition when starch-like misfolded proteins form insoluble fibrils that deposit in tissues and cause dysfunction. Cardiac amyloidosis occurs due to the deposition of amyloid fibrils at the cardiac level and is an important cause of heart failure. This case reveals a patient with significant heart failure and arrhythmia, which later on turned out to be caused by cardiac amyloidosis. While regarded as a rare disease in practice, in retrospect, there are a lot of signs and imaging indicators, particularly in echocardiography that warrant an investigation of cardiac amyloidosis. In this case review, red flags in echocardiography that should endorse further testing for underlying cardiac amyloidosis are highlighted.

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PMID38800774
PMCPMC11126321

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