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18308019

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-2-29
pubmed:abstractText
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and cardiac amyloidosis result in thickening of the left ventricle, as visualized by 2-dimensional echocardiography. Hemodynamically, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy can be typified by a left ventricular outflow tract gradient and systolic anterior motion of the mitral apparatus, findings rarely seen in cardiac amyloidosis. This case series reports 4 patients with cardiac light-chain amyloidosis and left ventricular outflow tract obstruction at rest, suggesting that there may be echocardiographic overlap between these 2 disparate disease processes. In a series of consecutive patients with cardiac light-chain amyloidosis over a 2-year period, the prevalence of these echocardiographic findings was approximately 4%. In conclusion, awareness of this overlap in echocardiographic presentation may permit more accurate diagnosis, particularly at early stages of amyloid disease, when more treatment options exist.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0002-9149
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
101
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
674-6
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Light-chain amyloidosis with echocardiographic features of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
pubmed:affiliation
Section of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural