Cardiac amyloidosis--diagnosis by 2-dimensional echocardiography.
In the past, the precise diagnosis of amyloid cardiomyopathy without resort to invasive techniques has been difficult. Recent experience with 2-dimensional echocardiography in cardiac amyloidosis has suggested that there are characteristic, and perhaps unique, features that are regularly imaged. We describe a case where usage of this non-invasive technique allowed accurate definition of cardiac involvement by amyloid.
D000328:Adult; D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male