Primary systemic amyloidosis presenting as angina pectoris due to intramyocardial coronary artery involvement: A case report

Heart and Vessels

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 157-160

  Yamano, S ^a   Motomiya, Kotomi ^a   Akai, Yasuhiro ^a   Shiiki, Hideo ^a   Toyama, Takayuki ^a   Hashimoto, Toshio ^a   Fujimoto, Shinichi ^a   Nakamura, Shinobu ^a   Fukuoka, Yoshiaki ^b  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Fukuoka Medical Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cardiac amyloidosis; Coronary small vessel disease; Endomyocardial biopsy; Vasospastic angina

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; ANTIANGINA PECTORIS AGENT; DILTIAZEM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LAMBDA CHAIN; NICORANDIL;

AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPNEA; EPICARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART AMYLOIDOSIS; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; JAPAN; LEG EDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; ST SEGMENT; STOMACH BIOPSY; T WAVE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TREATMENT PLANNING; VARIANT ANGINA PECTORIS; AMYLOIDOSIS; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTERY; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY;

AGED; AMYLOIDOSIS; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTERIES; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MYOCARDIAL DISEASES; MYOCARDIUM; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; HUMANS;

EID: 0036000345     PISSN: 09108327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003800200013     Document Type: Article

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