Light-Chain Amyloidosis With Echocardiographic Features of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 674-676

  Dinwoodey, Danya L ^a   Skinner, Martha ^c   Maron, Martin S ^d   Davidoff, Ravin ^a   Ruberg, Frederick L ^a,b,c  

^a Section of Cardiology   (United States)

^b BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; MELPHALAN; PREALBUMIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAIN;

ADULT; AGED; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; INCIDENCE; LIGHT CHAIN AMYLOIDOSIS; MALE; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; DIASTOLE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART OUTFLOW TRACT OBSTRUCTION; HEART VENTRICLE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REST;

AGED; AMYLOIDOSIS; CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REST; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR OUTFLOW OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 41949127786     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2007.10.031     Document Type: Article

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