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Digital Case Challenge: Pleuropulmonary amyloidosis by Mark Pool, MD Posted Wed 26 May 2010 12:52pm with pulmonary amyloidosis: Systemic or Generalized Limited or Localized Diffuse Alveolar Septal Pleural Systemic amyloidosis may be primary (idiopathic) and associated... and polarization (below). Pulmonary Amyloidosis Pulmonary amyloidosis includes a spectrum of clinicopathologic entities that commonly have deposition of amorphous, eosinophilic 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... amyloidosis but the drug may turn out to be useful for AL amyloidosis as well. In addition, there are numerous immunologic therapies directed at AL amyloidosis. Low-dose oral 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 »

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 to their potential for diffuse organ involvement, these diseases may present with myriad clinical manifestations. Conduction system abnormalities are common, and each of these disorders has 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 »

Primary PCI is great for STEMI but “Primary CABG ” is not why ? by Dr. Sangareddi V. Medical Doctor

Posted Sun 28 Jun 2009 9:44pm coronary syndromes. In acute STEMI , CABG is never considered as a primary revascularisation procedure.There should be strong reason for this ! Few studies , suggested a role... in the acute setting. The mortality of CABG in the first 48hours of MI can be up to 15%. Primary PCI opens up the IRA without the hazards of major surgery Issues for CABG in STEMI Read on »

Here's What Primary Care Doctors Do All Day by Drew W. Healthy Living Professional

Posted Wed 28 Apr 2010 7:29pm Here's What Primary Care Doctors Do All Day Read on »

What's your primary means of get... by Starre V. Patient Expert

Posted Fri 12 Sep 2008 4:52pm What's your primary means of getting to work/school? Read on »

Is There a Shortage of Primary Care Physicians? by Methods of Healing Patient Expert

Posted Sun 01 Aug 2010 5:51pm Has your primary care physician stopped being a primary care physician? Are you having trouble finding a new primary care physician? This is because many doctors are either retiring or going into specializations, for very good reasons.... Read on »