Cardiac amyloidosis presenting with coronary artery embolization
Amyloid light-chain (AL) amyloidosis is a multisystemic disease. Among its clinical manifestations, vein and arterial thromboembolic events are included. We report the unusual case of a 57-year-old female patient with AL amyloidosis presenting with an ST segment elevation myocardial infarction du...
Main Authors: | Christos Papageorgiou, Eleftheria Tsagalou, Ioannis Baraboutis, Konstantinos Tampakis, Efstathios Kastritis, Meletios-Athanasios Dimopoulos |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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IMR (Innovative Medical Research) Press Limited
2021-09-01
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Series: | Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine |
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Online Access: | https://rcm.imrpress.com/fileup/2153-8174/PDF/1632453084984-829991889.pdf |
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