Cited 2 times since 2003 (0.1 per year) source: EuropePMC The international journal of cardiovascular imaging, Volume 19, Issue 1, 1 1 2003, Pages 1-4 Discrimination between pericardial disease and myocardial disease using tissue Doppler imaging in a patient with right-sided heart failure and multiple myeloma. van Houwelingen KG, Bax JJ, Jukema JW, van der Wall EE
We report a case of right-sided heart failure associated with multiple myeloma. Amyloidosis was proven by rectal biopsy. In this case we were able to demonstrate myocardial disease by using tissue Doppler echocardiography, even in the presence of cardiac tamponade.
