Архивъ внутренней медицины (Dec 2015)

AMYLOIDOSIS HEART IN ELDERLY

  • L. I. Dvoretsky,
  • O. Yu. Karpova,
  • E. N. Alexandrova,
  • S. Yu. Petrova

DOI
https://doi.org/10.20514/2226-6704-2015-0-6-28-36
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 0, no. 6
pp. 28 – 36

Abstract

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The data on the incidence, clinical presentation, diagnostic methods amyloidosis of the heart in different types of amyloidosis. The features of the current heart amyloidosis, highlights the difficulty of diagnosis and differential diagnosis in the elderly. As an illustration, describes a clinical case of amyloidosis of the heart in 83-year-old patient, the main manifestation of which was congestive heart failure.

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