CMR AND ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC ASSESSMENT OF LEFT VENTRICULAR STRAIN IN TRANSTHYRETIN CARDIAC AMYLOIDOSIS

Kana Fujikura,Vasvi Singh,Sarah Cuddy,Paco E. Bravo,Mohamed Samir El-Sady,Ariana Nodoushani,Adil Menon,Marie Foley Kijewski,Viviany R. Taqueti,Hicham Skali,Ron Blankstein,Marcelo F. Di Carli,Raymond Y. Kwong,Rodney H. Falk,Sharmila Dorbala

CMR AND ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC ASSESSMENT OF LEFT VENTRICULAR STRAIN IN TRANSTHYRETIN CARDIAC AMYLOIDOSIS

2019

Kana Fujikura
Vasvi Singh
Sarah Cuddy
Paco E. Bravo
Mohamed Samir El-Sady
Ariana Nodoushani
Adil Menon
Marie Foley Kijewski
Viviany R. Taqueti
Hicham Skali
Ron Blankstein
Marcelo F. Di Carli
Raymond Y. Kwong
Rodney H. Falk
Sharmila Dorbala

Relative apical sparing of strain (RAS) is a typical echocardiographic (Echo) feature of transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM). Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) is widely used to evaluate myocardial characteristics. CMR feature-tracking is now available to evaluate strain. The aim of this

Keywords:

Cardiac amyloidosis
Transthyretin
Cardiology
Diabetes mellitus
Medicine
Internal medicine
left ventricular strain
cardiac magnetic resonance
Amyloid cardiomyopathy

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