Advanced Amyloid Cardiomyopathy Unmasked Following Mitral Valve Replacement.

CASE (Phila)

Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada.

Published: October 2020

• A case of amyloid light-chain amyloidosis with primarily severe MR is described. • Diagnosis was unrecognized preoperatively due to normal LV thickness and function. • Diagnosis was unrecognized preoperatively due to normal LV thickness and function. • Retrospective analysis of preoperative GLS was suggestive of amyloid cardiomyopathy.

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