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

Julia PraenaSegovia | Zendy; Amparo Sánchez-Gastaldo | Zendy; Máximo Bernabéu-Wittel | Zendy; Rafael Felix Ocete-Perez | Zendy; R. Ávila-Polo | Zendy; Maria Luisa Martino | Zendy

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

Author(s) -

Julia PraenaSegovia,

Amparo Sánchez-Gastaldo,

Máximo Bernabéu-Wittel,

Rafael Felix Ocete-Perez,

R. Ávila-Polo,

Maria Luisa Martino

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

case reports in cardiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.106

H-Index - 5

eISSN - 2090-6412

pISSN - 2090-6404

DOI - 10.1155/2013/976379

Subject(s) - amyloidosis , medicine , sarcoidosis , angiotensin converting enzyme , systemic disease , primary systemic amyloidosis , heart failure , cardiology , pathology , disease , blood pressure

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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