Cardiac amyloidosis: in search of the ideal diagnostic tool

Sophie Mavrogeni,Vasiliki Vartela,Argyrios Ntalianis,Rosa Vretou,Ignatios Ikonomidis,Marini Tselegkidou,Ioannis Paraskevaidis,George Markousis-Mavrogenis,Michel Noutsias,Angelos G. Rigopoulos,Genovefa Kolovou,Efstathios Kastritis

Cardiac amyloidosis: in search of the ideal diagnostic tool

2019

Sophie Mavrogeni
Vasiliki Vartela
Argyrios Ntalianis
Rosa Vretou
Ignatios Ikonomidis
Marini Tselegkidou
Ioannis Paraskevaidis
George Markousis-Mavrogenis
Michel Noutsias
Angelos G. Rigopoulos
Genovefa Kolovou
Efstathios Kastritis

Background Cardiac amyloidosis (CA) is due to amyloid deposition in the myocardium. Transthyretin (ATTR) and light-chain (AL) amyloidosis are the main types of CA. Here, we present the clinical and imaging findings in patients with CA and discuss the controversies with the aim of finding the ideal diagnostic tool.

Keywords:

N-terminal pro-BNP
Cardiology
Electrocardiography
Cardiac amyloidosis
amyloid deposition
Medicine
Diabetes mellitus
Transthyretin
Internal medicine
Amyloidosis
Magnetic resonance imaging
Ventricular hypertrophy
Biopsy
Natriuretic peptide
Myocarditis

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