Echocardiography in cardiac amyloidosis

Heart Fail Rev. 2015 Mar;20(2):125-31. doi: 10.1007/s10741-014-9466-3.

Abstract

Echocardiography is the most widely used noninvasive test in patients with heart failure or abnormal cardiac findings on examination. Patients with amyloidosis may have significant cardiac abnormalities, several of which are highly suggestive of the disease. This article reviews echocardiographic features found in cardiac amyloidosis.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Amyloidosis / diagnostic imaging*
  • Atrial Function
  • Cardiomyopathies / diagnostic imaging*
  • Echocardiography, Doppler, Color
  • Heart / physiopathology*
  • Heart Failure / diagnostic imaging*
  • Humans