Starry Sky Appearance of an Amyloid Heart in Plasma Cell Dyscrasias

We report an extremely rare case of amyloid heart with classical “Starry Sky” appearance in echocardiography in a 52-year-old male presenting with systemic amyloidosis secondary to plasma cell dyscrasias. Interestingly, patient presented with diffuse myalgia unresponsive to traditional nonsteroidal...

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Published in:	Journal of the Practice of Cardiovascular Sciences
Main Authors:	Debasish Das, Debasis Acharya, Dibya Sundar Mahanta, Pranjit Deb
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2024-08-01
Subjects:	amyloid; plasma cell; protein; sparkling
Online Access:	https://journals.lww.com/jpcs/fulltext/2024/10020/starry_sky_appearance_of_an_amyloid_heart_in.11.aspx

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