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.
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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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author Praena-Segovia, J.
Sanchez-Gastaldo, A.
Bernabeu-Wittel, M.
Ocete-Pérez, R.
Ávila-Polo, R.
Martino, M. L.
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Sanchez-Gastaldo, A.
Bernabeu-Wittel, M.
Ocete-Pérez, R.
Ávila-Polo, R.
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description 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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spelling pubmed-40077832014-05-13 Primary Systemic Amyloidosis and High Levels of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme: Two Case Reports Praena-Segovia, J. Sanchez-Gastaldo, A. Bernabeu-Wittel, M. Ocete-Pérez, R. Ávila-Polo, R. Martino, M. L. Case Rep Cardiol Case Report 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. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013 2013-03-10 /pmc/articles/PMC4007783/ /pubmed/24826302 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/976379 Text en Copyright © 2013 J. Praena-Segovia et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ 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.
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Praena-Segovia, J.
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Bernabeu-Wittel, M.
Ocete-Pérez, R.
Ávila-Polo, R.
Martino, M. L.
Primary Systemic Amyloidosis and High Levels of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme: Two Case Reports
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title_short Primary Systemic Amyloidosis and High Levels of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme: Two Case Reports
title_sort primary systemic amyloidosis and high levels of angiotensin-converting enzyme: two case reports
topic Case Report
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24826302
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/976379
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