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Cardiac amyloidosis presenting as severe mitral regurgitation |
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| Authors: | R S Engelmeier J B O'Connell R Subramanian |
| Affiliation: | Departments of Medicine and Pathology, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois, U.S.A. |
| Abstract: | We report a patient with extensive infiltration of the left ventricle with amyloid who presented with severe mitral regurgitation which led to mitral valve replacement. The right ventricular biopsy showed minimal focal deposits of amyloid. |
| Keywords: | Correspondence to: John B. O'Connell M.D. Section of Cardiology Loyola University Medical Center 2160 South First Avenue Maywood IL 60153 U.S.A. |
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