Primary Systemic Amyloidosis and High Levels of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme: Two Case Reports

Infiltrative heart diseases are caused by a heterogeneous group of disorders; amyloidosis and sarcoidosis are two frequent causes of myocardial infiltration, which differ in clinical and biological outcome and treatment issues. The presence of high levels of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) in a...

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Autores principales: Praena-Segovia, J., Sanchez-Gastaldo, A., Bernabeu-Wittel, M., Ocete-Pérez, R., Ávila-Polo, R., Martino, M. L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4007783/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24826302
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/976379
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Sumario:Infiltrative heart diseases are caused by a heterogeneous group of disorders; amyloidosis and sarcoidosis are two frequent causes of myocardial infiltration, which differ in clinical and biological outcome and treatment issues. The presence of high levels of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) in a patient with infiltrative heart disease may increase suspicion of sarcoidosis. Nevertheless, no mention about increased ACE levels in extracerebral primary systemic amyloidosis is available. We present two cases of primary systemic amyloidosis, which are cardiac involvement and elevated ACE levels.

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