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Sudden Cardiac Death in Infiltrative Cardiomyopathies: Sarcoidosis, Scleroderma, Amyloidosis, Hemachromatosis by Jan Posted Fri 27 Nov 2009 10:03pm By S. Lubitz, S. Goldbarg, D. Mehta Sarcoidosis, scleroderma, amyloidosis, and hemachromatosis are systemic infiltrative disorders that commonly affect the heart. Owing... been associated with sudden cardiac death. In this review, we summarize the epidemiology, clinical features, diagnosis, and treatment of each of these entities. We place Read on »

Beta-2 Microglobulin Amyloidosis by Matt S. Posted Wed 06 Aug 2008 12:00am The two major forms of amyloidosis are AL amyloidosis (in which light chains form the amyloid deposits) and AA amyloidosis (in which a variety of inflammatory molecules may adopt a beta-pleated structure to deposit as amyloid. A specific subset of AA amyloidosis which is secondary to dialysis is beta-2 microglobulin amyloidosis. Beta-2 Read on »

New Therapies for Systemic Amyloidosis by Matt S. Posted Wed 14 Jan 2009 12:00am Systemic amyloidosis can involve nearly any organ, and the kidney is often involved. Recall that there are two flavors of amyloidosis: AL amyloidosis (in which the amyloid is formed by light chains as a result of a paraproteinemia) or AA amyloidosis (in which a chronic inflammatory condition, such as rheumatoid arthritis, leads to the excess Read on »

Digital Case Challenge: Pleuropulmonary amyloidosis by Mark Pool, MD Posted Wed 26 May 2010 12:52pm and polarization (below). Pulmonary Amyloidosis Pulmonary amyloidosis includes a spectrum of clinicopathologic entities that commonly have deposition of amorphous, eosinophilic... with pulmonary amyloidosis: Systemic or Generalized Limited or Localized Diffuse Alveolar Septal Pleural Systemic amyloidosis may be primary (idiopathic) and associated Read on »

Hereditary Amyloidosis by Matt S. Posted Tue 17 Jun 2008 12:00am fever (FMF) or Muckle-Wells Syndrome, and the reason these individuals may get renal disease is due to AA amyloidosis. Patients with TRAPS can (logically enough) be treated Read on »

Fecal transmission of AA amyloidosis in the cheetah contributes to high incidence of disease by Terry S. Patient Expert

Posted Sun 07 Sep 2008 2:06am Fecal transmission of AA amyloidosis in the cheetah contributes to high incidence of disease Beiru Zhang*†, Yumi Une‡, Xiaoying Fu*, Jingmin Yan*, FengXia Ge*, Junjie Yao... Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, and approved April 1, 2008 (received for review January 16, 2008) AA amyloidosis is one of the principal causes of morbidity and mortality Read on »

Intriguing concepts in cardiology :Anemic heart ! Is it cardiac failure or cardiac success ? by Dr. Sangareddi V. Medical Doctor

Posted Thu 27 May 2010 10:06am of us are made to believe so, by meager speculation ! In what way anemia is linked to heart failure? The answer is explicit in the definition of cardiac failure . There are two components to cardiac failure It is the inability or reduced capacity to pump that affect the tissue oxygenation. Or able to do so only at the cost of elevated Read on »

Less charted areas of the heart : The cardiac interstitium by Dr. Sangareddi V. Medical Doctor

Posted Sun 06 Sep 2009 10:21pm a feature of dilated and restrictive cardiomyopathies. (Classical amyloid heart disease ) .Initially these fibrosis do not affect the contractile function of myocyte.In later... in terminal state. What is the difference between myocyterelaxtion and cardiac relaxation ? It is now recognised , cardiac interstitium has a big role in relaxation . Cardiac Read on »

Risk of sudden cardiac death greatest within 30 days of heart attack by Dr. J. Mariano Anto Bruno M. Medical Doctor

Posted Mon 02 Feb 2009 11:40pm The risk of sudden cardiac death following a heart attack has dropped by more than 40% in the last 25 years, however new research suggests that heart attack patients are still at heightened risk of sudden cardiac death within the first 30 days after their heart attack. The study of 2997 heart attack patients, of which 284 (24%) died from sudden Read on »

Larry King Cardiac Foundation: Help Save a Heart a Day by Keep Your Heart Healthy Facebook

Posted Sat 17 Apr 2010 12:00am I recently discovered a special heart disease foundation which has the noble cause of providing heart surgery for people without insurance. And the man that headlines it all is very well known: Larry King. King has had his own set of heart troubles over the years. He set up the Larry King Cardiac Foundation to help save Read on »