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Non-biopsy diagnosis of familial amyloid cardiomyopathy

Authors: Laroussi Mohamed-Salem, MD, PhD, Tatiana Moreno-Monsalve, MD, Mª Isabel Castellón-Sánchez, MD, Mª Antonia Claver-Valderas, MD, Domingo Pascual-Figal, MD, PhD

Published in: Journal of Nuclear Cardiology | Issue 4/2020

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An 84-year-old male, former smoker yet without other cardiovascular risk factors, has a history of carpal tunnel syndrome, chronic axonal sensorimotor polyneuropathy moderate to a severe degree, more prominent in the lower extremities, colonic diverticulosis, and large internal hemorrhoids. The patient has a family history of cardiomyopathy, with both fathers and five of his seven brothers died of cardiomyopathy, an unknown etiological diagnosis. …

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Title: Non-biopsy diagnosis of familial amyloid cardiomyopathy
Authors: Laroussi Mohamed-Salem, MD, PhD
Tatiana Moreno-Monsalve, MD
Mª Isabel Castellón-Sánchez, MD
Mª Antonia Claver-Valderas, MD
Domingo Pascual-Figal, MD, PhD
Publication date: 01-08-2020
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Keywords: Cardiomyopathy
Cardiac Amyloidosis
Scintigraphy
Amyloidosis
Published in: Journal of Nuclear Cardiology / Issue 4/2020
Print ISSN: 1071-3581
Electronic ISSN: 1532-6551
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12350-019-01700-4

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