European Heart Journal Advance Access originally published online on February 2, 2006
European Heart Journal 2006 27(15):1810; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehi745
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Obstructive intramural coronary amyloidosis: a distinct phenotype of cardiac amyloidosis that can cause acute heart failure
1 Department of Cardiology, I.R.C.C.S. Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
2 Molecular Genetics, Cardiovascular and Transplant Pathology, I.R.C.C.S. Policlinico San Matteo, Viale Forlanini 16, 27100 Pavia, Italy
3 Amyloid Center, Biotechnology Research Laboratory, I.R.C.C.S. Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
4 Department of Cardiology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
* Corresponding author. E-mail address: e.arbustini@smatteo.pv.it
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A 66-year-old man was admitted to a cardiology unit with diagnosis of congestive heart failure, having complained of worsening asthenia and myalgia for several months before referral. Family history was aspecific. Echocardiography showed a moderately dilated and uniformly