09 December 2024
: Case report
A 68-Year-Old Colombian Man Presenting with Heart Failure and a Diagnosis of Cardiac Transthyretin Amyloidosis
Challenging differential diagnosis, Rare disease
Francisco L. Uribe-Buritica ABCDEF 1,2, Paula Andrea Cárdenas-Marín ABCDEF 2,3, Juan David López-Ponce de León ABCDEF 2,3*DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.943811
Am J Case Rep 2024; 25:e943811
Figure 4. Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis. Severe symmetric hypertrophy, significant left atrial dilation, marked thickening involving the papillary muscles, and diffuse thickening of both ventricles. Severe biventricular systolic dysfunction with a left ventricular ejection fraction of 32% and right ventricular ejection fraction of 26%. Native T1 value of 1225 ms (normal value <1000 ms) was measured at the septum on a mid-cavity short-axis map.






