Unique type of isolated cardiac valvular amyloidosis

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Amyloid deposition in heart is a common occurrence in systemic amyloidosis. But localised valvular amyloid deposits are very uncommon. It was only in 1922 that the cases of valvular amyloidosis were reported. Then in 1980, Goffin et...

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Main Authors: Reehana Salma, Iqbal Shehzad, Lawrence David
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2006-10-01
Series:Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Online Access:http://www.cardiothoracicsurgery.org/content/1/1/38

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