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A publication of the Cardiovascular Imaging Department of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology
Uma publicação do Departamento de Imagem Cardiovascular da Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia
DOI: 10.5935/2318-8219.20180029
Abstract These are Amyloidosis is characterized by the localized or systemic deposition of proteins with unstable tertiary structure, which aggregate and form amyloid fibrils. Cardiac amyloidosis is a frequently underdiagnosed condition and it is an important cause of heart failure. There are more than 30 known types of amyloid proteins, but only five often infiltrate the heart, causing cardiac amyloidosis. light chain immunoglobulin, heavy chain immunoglobulin, transthyretin, serum amyloid A and apolipoprotein AI, mostly in light chain immunoglobulin or transthyretin […]
Keywords: Amyloid; Amyloidosis/physiopathology; Drug Therapy; Echocardiography Doppler; Heart failure; Immunoglobulin Light-Chain Amyloidosis