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Title: Echocardiographic diagnosis of systemic AA amyloidosis presenting with acute liver failure
Author(s): S. Morelli , D. Bonfiglio , L. Galasso
Journal: Acta Cardiologica
Volume: 65    Issue: 4   Date: 2010   
Pages: 459-461
DOI: 10.2143/AC.65.4.2053906

Abstract :
We report the case of a 73-year-old man admitted to our hospital for acute hepatic failure. Antemortem diagnosis of systemic AA amyloidosis was made because of typical electrocardiographic and echocardiographic findings, in the absence of the classic clinical picture of kidney involvement.