Right Ventricular Dysfunction in AL-Amyloidosis Cardiomyopathy

Background: Cardiac amyloidosis manifests as a progressive infiltrative cardiomyopathy for which delayed diagnosis is common and predicts a poor prognosis. Additionally, right ventricular dysfunction has been a predictor of mortality in cardiac amyloidosis. Strain imaging has been shown to detect subclinical cardiac dysfunction in a range of cardiomyopathies.

Source: Heart, Lung and Circulation - June 23, 2019 Category: Cardiology Authors: P. Geenty, S. Sivapathan, T. Deshmukh, A. Boyd, P. Brown, M. Altman, F. Kwok, G. Stewart, D. Richards, L. Thomas Tags: 317 Source Type: research