title: Echocardiography in cardiac amyloidosis.
abstract: Echocardiography is the most widely used noninvasive test in patients with heart failure or abnormal cardiac findings on examination. Patients with amyloidosis may have significant cardiac abnormalities, several of which are highly suggestive of the disease. This article reviews echocardiographic features found in cardiac amyloidosis.
authors.affiliation: Cardiac Amyloidosis Program, Section of Cardiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 72, Francis Street, Boston, MA, 02115, USA, rfalk@partners.org.
authors.forename: Rodney H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Falk
authors.forename: C Cristina
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Quarta
mesh_terms: D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D016275:Atrial Function; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color; D006321:Heart / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans