A monthly publication of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology and considered the main channel for the promotion of Brazilian cardiovascular research.
ISSN 0066-782X
eISSN 1678-4170
Patrícia Rodrigues
, Ana Rita Soares, Ricardo Taipa, Sofia Ferreira, Hipólito Reis
Patrícia Rodrigues
, Ana Rita Soares, Ricardo Taipa, Sofia Ferreira, Hipólito Reis
Past medical history A 58-year-old woman with familial amyloid polyneuropathy caused by the Val30Met (p.Val50Met) mutation in the transthyretin (TTR) gene started showing neuropathic symptoms by the age of 37 and a salivary gland biopsy confirmed TTR amyloid deposition. She was submitted to liver transplantation 7 years after symptom onset and was under immunosuppressive drugs, with stable neurological changes since then. She also had chronic kidney failure (stage 3b) and a pacemaker implanted due to sick sinus syndrome. […]
Keywords: Amyloid Neuropathies, Familial/diagnostic imaging; Amyloidosis; Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic; Heart failure; Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular