Cardiac amyloidosis is prevalent in older patients with aortic stenosis and carries worse prognosis

Non-invasive cardiac imaging allows detection of cardiac amyloidosis (CA) in patients with aortic stenosis (AS). Our objective was to estimate the prevalence of clinically suspected CA in patients with moderat...

Source: Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance - December 7, 2017 Category: Radiology Authors: Jo ão L. Cavalcante, Shasank Rijal, Islam Abdelkarim, Andrew D. Althouse, Michael S. Sharbaugh, Yaron Fridman, Prem Soman, Daniel E. Forman, John T. Schindler, Thomas G. Gleason, Joon S. Lee and Erik B. Schelbert Tags: Research Source Type: research