A heavy heart

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 363, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 1464-1469

  Miller, Amy Leigh ^a   Falk, Rodney H ^a   Levy, Bruce D ^a   Loscalzo, Joseph ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALFUZOSIN; AMYLOID; DEXAMETHASONE; DIGOXIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IRBESARTAN; MELPHALAN; METOPROLOL; WARFARIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAIN;

AGED; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART AMYLOIDOSIS; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NEUROPATHY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; BLOOD; EDEMA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FATALITY; HEART DISEASE; HEART MUSCLE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; PANCYTOPENIA; PATHOLOGY; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE;

AGED; AMYLOIDOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDEMA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FATAL OUTCOME; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAINS; MALE; MYOCARDIUM; PANCYTOPENIA; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE;

EID: 77957731334     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcps0804916     Document Type: Article

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