PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Whitaker, D C AU - Tungekar, M F AU - Dussek, J E TI - Angina with a normal coronary angiogram caused by amyloidosis AID - 10.1136/hrt.2004.038984 DP - 2004 Sep 01 TA - Heart PG - e54--e54 VI - 90 IP - 9 4099 - http://heart.bmj.com/content/90/9/e54.short 4100 - http://heart.bmj.com/content/90/9/e54.full SO - Heart2004 Sep 01; 90 AB - A case of severe intractable angina pectoris with normal angiography is presented. Following video assisted thoracic sympathectomy the patient died of heart failure. Microvascular cardiac amyloidosis was diagnosed at the postmortem examination. This report alerts clinicians to this possible diagnosis when treating patients with severe angina when no cause is found and discusses the poor prognosis in such cases.