Contemporary imaging diagnosis of cardiac amyloidosis

Seung Pyo Lee, Jun Bean Park, Hyung Kwan Kim, Yong Jin Kim, Martha Grogan, Dae Won Sohn

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Abstract

Cardiac amyloidosis is a rare disease that frequently presents as ventricular hypertrophy. However, diagnosis is not always easy or straightforward as there are several myocardial disorders that phenocopy cardiac amyloidosis. Here, we present a narrative review of the current modalities that are actively used or being developed for diagnosis and follow-up of cardiac amyloidosis. Although not all of the findings may be present in those with cardiac amyloidosis, there are some clues in each diagnostic step that help lead to confirmatory diagnosis of cardiac amyloidosis; we believe that cardiologists should be familiar with these clues.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1-10
Number of pages10
JournalJournal of Cardiovascular Imaging
Volume27
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2019

Keywords

  • Amyloidosis
  • Diagnosis
  • Echocardiography
  • Magnetic resonance imaging
  • Multimodal imaging

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

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