title: Tissue Doppler imaging and contrast-enhanced cardiac magnetic resonance in primary cardiac amyloidosis.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Netcare Blaauwberg Hospital, Room 2A7, Waterville Crescent, Sunningdale 7441, Cape Town, Republic of South Africa. jansmedema@hotmail.com
authors.forename: J-P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Smedema
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: James
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media