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19816977

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-11-30
pubmed:abstractText
A 79-year-old patient repeatedly presented with chest discomfort and dyspnea on exertion. With echocardiography a prominent left ventricular and septal hypertrophy was detected with reduced left ventricular function. Despite successful revascularization and excellent results after stenting, the patient showed persistently elevated troponin levels. To investigate the abnormal findings of persistent troponin elevation, septal hypertrophy, and heart failure we performed endomyocardial biopsies which showed widespread myocardial amyloidosis. Amyloid subtyping revealed transthyretin amyloidosis. This is the first case showing persistent troponin elevation in a patient with tranthyretin amyloidosis. Very few other cases have been published on the topic of cardiac amyloidosis and troponin elevation so far. Our case serves as an illustrating example in the differential diagnosis of nonischemic causes of persistent troponin elevation. It is important to consider cardiac amyloidosis in patients with troponin elevation and heart failure since the clinical management differs significantly from other causes of heart failure.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
1932-8737
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
32
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
E39-42
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Persistent troponin elevation in a patient with cardiac amyloidosis.
pubmed:affiliation
Medizische Klinik III, University Hospital of Tübingen, Otfried-Müller-Str, Tübingen 72076, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports