학술논문
Angina with a normal coronary angiogram caused by amyloidosis
Document Type
Academic Journal
Author
Source
HEART. Sep 01, 2004 90(9):e54-e54
Subject
Language
English
ISSN
1355-6037
Abstract
A case of severe intractable angina pectoris with normal angiography is presented. Following video assisted thoracic sympathectomy the patient died of heart failure. Microvascular cardiac amyloidosis was diagnosed at the postmortem examination. This report alerts clinicians to this possible diagnosis when treating patients with severe angina when no cause is found and discusses the poor prognosis in such cases.