A man in his seventies with fatigue and renal failure.

A man in his seventies underwent routine heart examinations as part of workup for kidney transplantation. Unexpected findings led to more extensive investigations and revealed two rare systemic diseases as causes of his heart failure.

[Complications and mortality among patients hospitalised with COVID-19].

Background: The course of disease, complications and hospital mortality among patients with COVID-19 admitted to Norwegian hospitals has not been widely described. The purpose of this study was to survey patients with COVID-19 admitted to a local hospital.

Material And Method: The data were retrieved from a prospective observational study of all patients admitted with COVID-19 to Bærum Hospital since the start of the coronavirus outbreak.

Renal Amyloidosis Associated With 5 Novel Variants in the Fibrinogen A Alpha Chain Protein.

Introduction: Fibrinogen A alpha chain amyloidosis is an autosomal dominant disease associated with mutations in the fibrinogen A alpha chain () gene, and it is the most common cause of hereditary renal amyloidosis in the UK. Patients typically present with kidney impairment and progress to end-stage renal disease over a median time of 4.6 years.