Value of cardiovascular magnetic resonance in suspected cardiac amyloidosis.
The diagnosis of cardiac amyloid can be challenging; requiring a high clinical index of suspicion and often many diagnostic tests to confirm. We describe a case demonstrating the characteristic pattern of amyloid by cardiovascular magnetic resonance and how this imaging modality can aid in the diagnosis.
Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI, USA.
Antonio B
AB
Fernandez
Joshua
J
Leitner
Joseph
J
Okolo
Michael K
MK
Atalay
Lisa
L
Goldstein
J Dawn
JD
Abbott
D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D019028:Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results