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Cardiac amyloidosis: case report

Frantisek Kovacik, MilosTaborsky, Martin Hutyra, Ondrej Moravec and Jan Precek

This case report describes cardiac symptoms as a dominating feature in the clinical picture of newly diagnosed systemic AL amyloidosis. The definitive diagnosis was confirmed microscopically following endomyocardial biopsy. Subsequently, systemic chemotherapy was initiated as the basic treatment for systemic AL amyloidosis.