Features and Prognosis of Exertional Syncope in Light-Chain Associated AL Cardiac Amyloidosis

Syncope is common in AL amyloid heart disease and in almost 1/3 of our patients who experienced syncope, it was precipitated by physiologic stress. Stress-precipitated syncope was associated with a poor prognosis in such patients, both in terms of their median survival of 2 months and was frequently...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The American journal of cardiology 1997-11, Vol.80 (9), p.1242-1245
Hauptverfasser:	Chamarthi, Bindu, Dubrey, Simon W, Cha, Karen, Skinner, Martha, Falk, Rodney H
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Amyloidosis - complications Amyloidosis - physiopathology Biological and medical sciences Cardiology. Vascular system Cardiomyopathies - complications Cardiomyopathies - diagnosis Cardiomyopathies - physiopathology Cardiopathies: etiologic forms (general aspects and miscellaneous) Death, Sudden, Cardiac - etiology Electrocardiography Exercise Exercise Test Female Heart Humans Male Medical disorders Medical sciences Middle Aged Prognosis Retrospective Studies Stress, Physiological - complications Syncope - etiology Syncope - physiopathology Syncope, Vasovagal - etiology Syncope, Vasovagal - physiopathology
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Zusammenfassung:	Syncope is common in AL amyloid heart disease and in almost 1/3 of our patients who experienced syncope, it was precipitated by physiologic stress. Stress-precipitated syncope was associated with a poor prognosis in such patients, both in terms of their median survival of 2 months and was frequently a precursor of sudden cardiac death.
ISSN:	0002-9149 1879-1913
DOI:	10.1016/S0002-9149(97)00653-X