Echocardiography as the first diagnostic clue to rapidly progressive systemic AL amyloidosis associated with multiple site thrombosis. A case report | Zendy

Bogdan Caloian | Zendy; Dumitru Zdrenghea | Zendy; Sorin Claudiu Man | Zendy; Simona Costea | Zendy; Mihnea Zdrenghea | Zendy; Dana Pop | Zendy

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Echocardiography as the first diagnostic clue to rapidly progressive systemic AL amyloidosis associated with multiple site thrombosis. A case report

Author(s) -

Bogdan Caloian,

Dumitru Zdrenghea,

Sorin Claudiu Man,

Simona Costea,

Mihnea Zdrenghea,

Dana Pop

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

medical ultrasonography

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.473

H-Index - 28

eISSN - 2066-8643

pISSN - 1844-4172

DOI - 10.11152/mu-1095

Subject(s) - medicine , amyloidosis , thrombosis , cardiac amyloidosis , radiology , rare disease , cardiology , disease , pathology

AL-amyloidosis is a rare, but complex disease, with a severe prognosis, cardiac involvement being found in half of the patients. The rapid increase of the LV wall thickness predicts an unfavorable evolution. We report the case of a 63-year-old man diagnosed with AL-amyloidosis, with cardiac involvement, associated with multiple site thrombosis. Specific echocardiographic methods like tissue Doppler imaging and speckle tracking provided crucial diagnostic and prognostic information.

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