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Annals of Oncology 14:1791, 2003
© 2003 European Society for Medical Oncology

Letters to the Editor

Continuously elevated cardiac troponin I in two patients with multiple myeloma and fatal cardiac amyloidosis

A. Zabernigg*,1, R. Schranzhofer1, A. Kreczy2 and K. Gattringer1

1 General Hospital Kufstein, Department of Internal Medicine and Oncology, Endach 27, 6330 Kufstein; 2 Department of Pathology, University of Inssbruck, Müllerstraße 44, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria

*E-mail: a.zabernigg@kufnet.at

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Myeloma-associated systemic amyloidosis (AL) with cardiac involvement has a poor prognosis, with a median survival of <1 year [1]. Standard therapy with oral melphalan and prednisolone is unsatisfactory, with an overall response rate for AL of 20%. The diagnosis of cardiac amyloidosis in patients with multiple myeloma is most commonly based on . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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