Volume 26, Issue 124, June 2022

Cardiac amyloidosis, report of 2 cases with strain echocardiography and cardiovascular magnetic resonance

Tuan Vu Nguyen¹, Duc Minh Nguyen², The Anh Nguyen^3♦

¹Cardiology department, Pham Ngoc Thach University of Medicine, Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam
²Outpatient Department, National Hospital of Acupuncture, Hanoi city, Vietnam
³Department of Respiratory Medicine, Huu Nghi Hospital, Hanoi city, Vietnam

^♦Corresponding author
The Anh Nguyen Department of Respiratory Medicine, Huu Nghi Hospital, Hanoi city, Vietnam

ABSTRACT

We present 2 cases of cardiac amyloidosis cases with strain echocardiography and cmr. The first case was a 68-year-old female with previous refractory heart failure due to chronic coronary syndrome. The second case was a 51-year-olde female patient who was admitted in our center with marked dyspnea for 2 months. Both cases were performed with electrocardiogram, chest X ray, transthoracic echocardiography and cardiovascular magnetic resonance. Both patients was performed serum immunology test which showed elevated free light chains (FLC) kappa and 𝜅/λ ratio. These patients were suggested the diagnosis of AL cardiac amyloidosis and treated with chemotherapy.

Keywords: cardiac amyloidosis, light chain amyloidosis, transthyretin amyloidosis, strain echocardiography.

Medical Science, 2022, 26, ms207e2307

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi/v26i124/ms207e2307

Published: 05 June 2022