Light Chain (AL) Amyloidosis in the Heart by Dr. Jose Nativi

Cardiologist Jose Nativi-Nicolau, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine at the Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, presents on how AL amyloidosis affects the heart.

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What is the mechanism that tells the bone marrow to make more light chains ? Is it an infection, virus or something else that initially starts this process ? Or is it just a healthy person and out of the blue the bone marrow just starts to make excess light chains that will misfold for no reason?