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Cardiac amyloidosis—an underdiagnosed cause of heart failure in the elderly

Amyloidosis is a rare, generally multisystem disease that can also involve the heart. Infiltration of the myocardium with amyloid proteins is an important and underappreciated cause of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction in the elderly. We present the case of an 84-year-old man with chest...

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Autores principales: Nazir, Tahir, Nuffati, Mahmud
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Saudi Heart Association 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7640612/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33154899
http://dx.doi.org/10.37616/2212-5043.1016