Improvement after thalidomide and dexamethasone treatment for advanced cardiac amyloidosis: a case report

Circ J. 2007 Nov;71(11):1823-5. doi: 10.1253/circj.71.1823.

Abstract

A case of advanced cardiac amyloidosis was treated with thalidomide. The patient showed early and significant improvement of diastolic cardiac function, as well as symptoms.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Amyloidosis / drug therapy*
  • Amyloidosis / physiopathology
  • Angiogenesis Inhibitors / therapeutic use*
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Dexamethasone / therapeutic use*
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Echocardiography
  • Electrocardiography
  • Heart / physiopathology
  • Heart Diseases / drug therapy*
  • Heart Diseases / physiopathology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Thalidomide / therapeutic use*
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Angiogenesis Inhibitors
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents
  • Thalidomide
  • Dexamethasone