Catalog

Cardiac organ-limited amyloidosis

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Link to WHO Definition

Cardiac organ-limited amyloidosis – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/300580975

This refers to a cardiac condition in a category of amyloidosis where the distribution can be associated primarily with a single organ. It is contrasted to systemic amyloidosis, and it can be caused by several different types of amyloid. In almost all of the organ-specific pathologies, there is significant debate as to whether the amyloid plaques are the causal agent of the disease or instead a downstream consequence of a common idiopathic agent.