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Cardiac amyloidosis, a monoclonal gammopathy and a potentially misleading mutation.
Nature clinical practice. Cardiovascular medicine - 1 Feb 2009
Wechalekar Ashutosh D, Offer Mark, Gillmore Julian D, Hawkins Philip N, Lachmann Helen J
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BACKGROUND: A 46-year-old Afro-Caribbean man presented with progressive dyspnea and recurrent syncope. Clinical examination revealed evidence of biventricular failure. INVESTIGATIONS: Electrocardiography, echocardiography, cardiac biopsy, measurement of serum levels of free light chain, scintigra...
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