A strange case of Transthyretin Cardiac Amyloidosis in the Elderly: a diagnostic challenge
Vol. 174 No. 3 (2023), Case report
Vol. 174 No. 3 (2023)

A strange case of Transthyretin Cardiac Amyloidosis in the Elderly: a diagnostic challenge: doi: 10.7417/CT.2023.2526

Case report
Published 2023-05-25
B. Simeone
Department of Medico-Surgical Sciences and Biotechnologies, Cardiology Unit, ICOT Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, Via Franco Faggiana 1668, Latina, Italy
C. Zuchi
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Pathophysiology, S. Maria della Misericordia Hospital, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy.
A. Mengoni
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Pathophysiology, S. Maria della Misericordia Hospital, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy.
E. Carluccio
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Pathophysiology, S. Maria della Misericordia Hospital, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy.
P. Biagioli
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Pathophysiology, S. Maria della Misericordia Hospital, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy.
R. Lauciello
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Pathophysiology, S. Maria della Misericordia Hospital, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy.
G. Sasso
Department of Cardiology, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, San Donato Milanese, Milan, Italy
F. Scavelli
Department of Cardiology and De Gasperis Cardio Center, ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, 20162 Milan, Italy
E. Rocco
Department of Medico-Surgical Sciences and Biotechnologies, Cardiology Unit, ICOT Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, Via Franco Faggiana 1668, Latina, Italy
G. Ambrosio
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Pathophysiology, S. Maria della Misericordia Hospital, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy.

Abstract

Transthyretin (TTR)-related cardiac amyloidosis is a progressive infiltrative cardiomyopathy that mimics hypertensive, hypertrophic heart disease and may go undiagnosed. We here report the case of a 83-year-old woman, which has rapresented an unique case of transthyretin-related cardiac amyloidosis, as a patient with an initial diagnosis of hypertensive heart disease later develops an infiltrative cardiomyopathy due to amyloid deposits.

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