Cardiac amyloid presenting as cardiogenic shock: case series.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Amyloidosis is a systemic infiltrative disease that can affect nearly every organ in the human body. It is characterized by the deposition of misfolded protein within various tissues and organs. Once there is cardiac involvement this portends a worse prognosis.

Case summary

We describe a case series of two patients with cardiac amyloidosis presenting as a cardiogenic shock. There were several missed opportunities in diagnosing cardiac amyloid prior to their fatal presentations. In the first case, a 65-year-old African-American male patient presented with worsening shortness of breath and signs of heart failure. Echocardiography revealed preserved ejection fraction. He was diagnosed with light chain subtype of cardiac amyloidosis, and rapidly deteriorated during hi

SUBMITTER: Oye M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8343451 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature