A Case Series on Patients of Cardiac Amyloidosis with Varying Initial Clinical Presentation in a Tertiary Health Care Cardiology Outpatient Service, Kerala

The study aims to assess the outcome of early diagnosis in cardiac amyloidosis and to emphasize the need for high clinical index of suspicion even before onset of cardiac symptoms. Recent advances in immunohistochemical markers, molecular and genetic studies carry early diagnostic and grave prognostic significance. This study concludes a significant inverse relationship between time of diagnosis after the onset of cardiac symptoms and percentage survival rate of the affected individuals.