Right heart failure as the dominant clinical picture in a case of primary amyloidosis affecting the pulmonary vasculature

Scottish Medical Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 116-117

  Chapman, A D ^a   Brown, P A J ^a   Kerr, K M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cor pulmonale; Primary amyloidosis; Pulmonary hypertension; Right ventricular failure

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COR PULMONALE; FEMALE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; VASCULAR AMYLOIDOSIS;

EID: 0032878628     PISSN: 00369330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003693309904400407     Document Type: Article

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