Primary Amyloidosis Involvong the Heart: Clinical Observation

Abstract

Primary amyloidosis is a disease with a complex and not fully understood pathogenesis, which is characterized by a wide range of clinical manifestations. Light chain amyloidosis is the most common form of systemic amyloidosis. At this, the heart is the dominant target organ in systemic amyloidosis. Cardiac amyloidosis (amyloid cardiomyopathy) is most often manifested by diastolic heart failure resulting from restrictive cardiomyopathy. Therapy of amyloid cardiopathy includes optimal treatment of heart failure and chemotherapy. To reduce the symptoms of heart failure, diuretics are the main means, since other pathogenetic agents cannot be used due to hypotension and a possible decrease in cardiac output. With the introduction of new medicinal products into clinical practice, such as the proteosome inhibitor Bortezomib, the prognosis for patients has improved. However, amyloidosis remains a difficult disease to diagnose and treat.