Outcome of patients with cardiac amyloidosis admitted to an intensive care unit for acute heart failure.

CONCLUSIONS: The study confirms the dramatic mortality associated with CA when presenting as cardiogenic shock and underlines the limited efficiency of conventional treatments. Given the rapid occurrence of death in a young population, an alternative strategy to dobutamine support should be investigated in patients with elevated NT-proBNP concentration.
PMID: 29709420 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases - April 27, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: d'Humières T, Fard D, Damy T, Roubille F, Galat A, Doan HL, Oliver L, Dubois-Randé JL, Squara P, Lim P, Ternacle J Tags: Arch Cardiovasc Dis Source Type: research