April 1, 2001Angiology
Cardiac Amyloidosis Presenting as Microvascular Angina
Population
1 69-year-old Japanese woman with AL cardiac amyloidosis presenting as microvascular angina
Design
Case_report
Follow-up
3 years
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
Consider cardiac AL amyloidosis in unexplained microvascular angina; extends phenotypic spectrum but leaves open prevalence and screening needs.
Structured PICO
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Population
1 69-year-old Japanese woman with AL cardiac amyloidosis presenting as microvascular angina
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Outcome
Clinical course and autopsy findings
Cardiac AL amyloidosis can rarely present as microvascular angina due to severe obstructive amyloid deposition in intramural coronary arteries.
Cite This Study
Ogawa et al. (2001) studied this question.