Open AccessEchocardiography 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.