Effects of the main green tea polyphenol epigallocatechin-3-gallate on cardiac involvement in patients with AL amyloidosis
2010
Background
Amyloid light chain (AL) amyloidosis is a rare disease with poor prognosis and limited therapeutic alternatives. Recently, one clinical case with cardiac involvement, as well as a compelling evidence of green tea polyphenol, epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG), inducing the formation of benign aggregation products that do not polymerize into fibrils were published. This is a report of the cardiac effects of green tea consumption in these patients.
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