Amyloidosis is a group of disorders characterised by the accumulation of extracellular deposits of insoluble protein aggregates. Clinical management depends on the accurate identification of the amyloid precursor and underlying cause. We describe a rare case of apolipoprotein A-IV cardiac amyloidosis, the diagnosis of which required mass spectrometry-based proteomic analysis.
Learning points:
To be able to perform the differential diagnosis of cardiac amyloidosis subtypes using imaging methods, analytical results and tissue analysis.To recognise the added value of mass spectrometry (MS)-based proteomic analysis.