Delayed diagnosis of cardiac amyloidosis in a West African octogenarian

We report on a case of a West African octogenarian who was treated presumptively for heart failure with preserved ejection fraction from hypertensive heart disease, based on his initial clinical presentation and echocardiographic findings three years earlier. By adopting a stepwise approach to his evaluation, including revisiting the history, and the application of multimodality cardiac imaging, the patient was diagnosed with cardiac amyloidosis.PMID:38407420 | DOI:10.5830/CVJA-2024-001
Source: Cardiovascular Journal of Africa - Category: Cardiology Authors: Source Type: research