Cardiac amyloidosis history and symptoms


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Overview
The most common symptoms observed in patients with amyloidosis include: fatigue, weight loss, and periorbital purpura.

Symptoms

 * Cardiac amyloid deposition can cause symptoms suggestive of:
 * congestive heart failure such as fatigue, dyspnea, orthopnea, peripheral edema, ascites and/or
 * arrhythmias such as palpitations


 * Postural hypotension may be observed in patients with subendothelial amyloid deposition.