TITLE:
An Interesting Case of Cardiac Amyloidosis Initially Misdiagnosed as Syndrome X
AUTHORS:
Hyung Rae Sohn, Bong Gun Song, Eun Jin Kim, Seong Yeon Jeong, Su-Min Hong, Hyun Gul Jung, Hye-Jin Jung, Wook-Hyun Cho, Suk-Koo Choi
KEYWORDS:
Cardiac Amyloidosis, Syndrome X, Heart Transplantation
JOURNAL NAME:
International Journal of Clinical Medicine,
Vol.2 No.5,
November
17,
2011
ABSTRACT: Cardiac infiltration of amyloid fibril results in progressive cardiomyopathy with a grave prognosis and results in cardiac diseases such as congestive heart disease, cardiomyopathy, valvular heart disease, and arrhythmias. We present a rare case of cardiac amyloidosis initially misdiagnosed as syndrome X in which recurrent chest pain and progressive heart failure could be managed finally by heart transplantation.