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stiff heart syndrome |
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stiff heart syndrome Cardiology A nonspecific term for ventricular pump failure due to restrictive heart disease Clinical Chest pain, exertional dyspnea, ↑ venous pressure, extra-diastolic murmurs, hepatomegaly, ascites, edema Etiology
Idiopathic, or related to amyloidosis, constrictive pericarditis due to radiation, mycosis, trauma, TB, hemochromatosis, myocardiopathy. Cf 'Stone' heart. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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2) Endomyocardial biopsy, though invasiye, is indicated in patients with suspected cardiac amyloidosis and unexplained diastolic heart failure, especially when extracardiac tissue is negative for amyloid. A mutation in transthyretin is not a prerequisite for the development of transthyretin-associated cardiac amyloidosis. As soon as cardiac amyloidosis is suspected, prompt diagnosis is essential. |
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