Cardiac Amyloidosis Presenting as Biventricular Systolic Heart Failure.

Monique Oye Aaron C RichardsonEdin SadicAhmad Alkhasawneh Gladys Velarde

Published in: Case reports in cardiology (2021)

A previously healthy octogenarian presented with new onset heart failure symptoms. Comprehensive multimodality imaging including complete echocardiography with longitudinal strain analysis, cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (cMRI), nuclear medicine pyrophosphate (99-mcTcPYP) scan along with biomarker, monoclonal protein analysis, and fat pad biopsy confirmed diagnosis of transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis.

Keyphrases

left ventricular
heart failure
magnetic resonance imaging
cardiac resynchronization therapy
computed tomography
blood pressure
multiple myeloma
high resolution
adipose tissue
cross sectional
mass spectrometry
small molecule
sleep quality