Key result
Cardiac amyloidosis can uncommonly present as ischemic heart disease with typical angina, despite the exact mechanisms of ischemia remaining unknown.
Population
1 patient with cardiac amyloidosis, proven by endomyocardial biopsy, presenting as ischaemic heart disease
Design
Case_report
Authors
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May support considering cardiac amyloidosis in unexplained angina; hypothesis-generating case report leaves mechanisms and prevalence open.
Cardiac amyloidosis should be considered in the differential diagnosis of patients presenting with atypical or unexplained ischemic heart disease symptoms.
Narang et al. (2008) studied this question. Cardiac amyloidosis can uncommonly present as ischemic heart disease with typical angina, despite the exact mechanisms of ischemia remaining unknown.
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