Tissue Doppler imaging and contrast-enhanced cardiac magnetic resonance in primary cardiac amyloidosis.
A 64-year-old female presented with biventricular heart failure. Echocardiography revealed features suggestive of amyloidosis, including segmental impairment of longitudinal strain (rate) in the septal and anterior segments, which matched delayed gadolinium-enhanced cardiac magnetic resonance. Guided endomyocardial biopsy confirmed the presence of perivascular amyloid deposits. Tissue Doppler and gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance may be helpful in delineating cardiac amyloidosis.
Smedema
J-P
JP
Netcare Blaauwberg Hospital, Room 2A7, Waterville Crescent, Sunningdale 7441, Cape Town, Republic of South Africa. jansmedema@hotmail.com
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D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001706:Biopsy; D003287:Contrast Media; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged
D003287:Contrast Media