Pulmonary Artery Pressure Sensor–Guided Therapy for Cardiac AL Amyloidosis in a Young Multiple Myeloma Patient
Robbe Knapen, Koen Theunissen, Olivier Ghekiere, Marita Houbrechts, Philippe Timmermans · 2026
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Robbe Knapen and colleagues report a young patient with multiple myeloma whose heart was stiffened by amyloid deposits, guided through stem cell transplant by an implanted pressure sensor in the lung artery. Cardiac amyloidosis makes fluid balance a knife-edge, since the stiff heart tolerates neither overload nor depletion. The sensor let the team steer water pills toward a set pressure target before transplant.
His marrow showed 62 percent plasma cells in the biopsy reported, with gene changes confirming the myeloma diagnosis. Blood and urine markers showed heavy kidney involvement beside the heart disease. He finished transplant without heart failure collapse and reached complete remission of the blood cancer. The case argues that live pressure data can beat bedside guessing in cardio-oncology care this complex.
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| CREATOR | Robbe Knapen, Koen Theunissen, Olivier Ghekiere, Marita Houbrechts, Philippe Timmermans |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 17099 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |