Symptoms of Cardiac Amyloidosis
Many people with cardiac amyloidosis have heart failure symptoms. You should be screened for cardiac amyloidosis if you:
- Have symptoms of heart failure and one or more of these symptoms:
- Shortness of breath
- Unexplained weight loss or poor appetite
- Peripheral neuropathy in the feet
- Atrial fibrillation (Afib)
- An echocardiogram that shows the heart is squeezing properly but doesn’t relax completely (diastolic heart failure)
- Frequent hospital admissions for heart failure
- Are over 60 years old and have heart failure and a thick heart as shown on an echocardiogram