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«Je suis un peu essoufflé» : quand un symptôme banal cache une maladie rare : l’amyloïdose cardiaque
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Excoffier, Sophie
Celik, Hakan
Durieux, Sophie
Published in Revue médicale suisse. 2014, vol. 10, no. 440, p. 1619-23
Abstract Based on a case report, this article reviews the different forms of cardiac involvement in amyloidosis. This affection refers to the extracellular tissue deposition of protein fibrils (the amyloid substance), which gradually invades a variety of organs, disrupting their function. The clinical presentation depends on the type of the amyloidogenic protein and on its main distribution. The most severe cardiac impairment and with the worse prognosis is seen in its primary form (or AL), while it is less frequent, with a slower course and a better prognosis in its other forms: secondary (AA), familial (ATTR) or senile (SSA).
Keywords Amyloidosis/classification/diagnosis/therapy — Biopsy — Defibrillators, Implantable — Dyspnea/etiology — Echocardiography — Electrocardiography — Heart Diseases/diagnosis/therapy — Heart Transplantation — Humans — Magnetic Resonance Imaging — Male — Middle Aged — Natriuretic Peptide, Brain/blood — Peptide Fragments/blood
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PMID: 25277001
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Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de santé et médecine communautaires / Institut de santé globale
Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de santé et médecine communautaires / Institut de médecine de premier recours
Research groups Groupe Jean-Michel Gaspoz (23)
Médecine interne générale et pédiatrie ambulatoires (968)
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(ISO format) 		EXCOFFIER, Sophie, CELIK, Hakan, DURIEUX, Sophie. «Je suis un peu essoufflé» : quand un symptôme banal cache une maladie rare : l’amyloïdose cardiaque. In: Revue médicale suisse, 2014, vol. 10, n° 440, p. 1619-23. https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:77128

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