A case report of isolated cardiac light chain amyloidosis without clinically overt heart failure: an under-recognized presentation

ABSTRACT: Abstract

Background

Cardiac involvement in amyloid light-chain (AL) amyloidosis usually represents a brick in the wall of a multi-system disease. The presence of cardiac deposition of free light chains (FLCs) is the main determinant of survival. Isolated cardiac AL is an uncommon scenario characterized by a challenging diagnostic and therapeutic workup.

Case summary

A 57-year-old asymptomatic man was presented for an incidental finding of myocardial necrosis at the electrocardiogram (ECG) performed for newly diagnosed arterial hypertension. Alongside signs of previous myocardial infarction, transthoracic echocardiography showed a severely increased left ventricular (LV) wall thickness not consistent with ECG voltages, segmental akinaesia with normal LV systolic function w

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PROVIDER: S-EPMC9998033 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature