Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Case 15-2005. An 80-year-old man with shortness of breath, edema, and proteinuria

N Engl J Med. 2005 May 19;352(20):2111-9. doi: 10.1056/NEJMcpc059009.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Clinical Conference

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Amyloidosis / complications
  • Amyloidosis / pathology*
  • Atrial Fibrillation / complications
  • Cardiomegaly / complications
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Dyspnea / etiology
  • Echocardiography
  • Edema / etiology
  • Endocardium / pathology*
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Heart Failure / complications
  • Humans
  • Lung / diagnostic imaging
  • Male
  • Myocardium / pathology*
  • Pleural Effusion / diagnostic imaging*
  • Proteinuria / etiology
  • Radiography