Annual electrocardiograms consistent with silent progression of cardiac involvement in sporadic familial amyloid polyneuropathy: A case report

Internal Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 139-144

  Takigawa, Masateru ^a,b   Hashimura, Kazuhiko ^b   Ishibashi Ueda, Hatsue ^b   Yamada, Naoaki ^b   Kiso, Keisuke ^b   Nanasato, Mamoru ^a   Yoshida, Yukihiko ^a   Hirayama, Haruo ^a  

^a NAGOYA DAINI RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amyloidosis; Diagnosis; Electrocardiogram; Familial amyloid polyneuropathy

Indexed keywords

PREALBUMIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FAMILIAL AMYLOID POLYNEUROPATHY; HEART AMYLOIDOSIS; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

AMYLOID NEUROPATHIES, FAMILIAL; AMYLOIDOSIS, FAMILIAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 75749150559     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.49.2703     Document Type: Article

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