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Collegium antropologicum, Vol. 38 No. 3, 2014.

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Amyloidosis of the Aortic Root in a Patient with Polyarteritis Nodosa

Hrvoje Gašparović ; University of Zagreb, Zagreb University Hospital Center, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Zagreb, Croatia
Mate Petričević ; University of Zagreb, Zagreb University Hospital Center, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Zagreb, Croatia
Željko Đurić ; University of Zagreb, Zagreb University Hospital Center, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Zagreb, Croatia
Vojtjeh Brida ; University of Zagreb, Zagreb University Hospital Center, Department of Cardiology, Zagreb, Croatia
Dražen Jelašić ; University of Zagreb, Zagreb University Hospital Center, Department of Pathology, Zagreb, Croatia
Bojan Biočina ; University of Zagreb, Zagreb University Hospital Center, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Zagreb, Croatia

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Abstract

Amyloidosis results from the deposition of insoluble fibrillar proteins in various tissues. Cardiac symptoms, when present, are usually related to congestive heart failure or arrhythmias. Amyloid involvement of the aortic root is exceedingly rare. We describe a case of aortic root amyloidosis in a patient with a long-standing history of polyarteritis nodosa.

Keywords

amyloidosis; cardiac; aorta; vasculitis

Hrčak ID:

128224

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/128224

Publication date:

30.9.2014.

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