Echo Parameters for Differential Diagnosis in Cardiac Amyloidosis: A Head-to-Head Comparison of Deformation and Nondeformation Parameters [Cardiomyopathies]

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Our study demonstrated that in patients with thickened hearts, EF global longitudinal strain ratio has the best accuracy in detecting CA, even among the most "challenging" patient subgroups as those with mild hypertrophy and normal EF.

Source: Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging - March 15, 2017 Category: Radiology Authors: Pagourelias, E. D., Mirea, O., Duchenne, J., Van Cleemput, J., Delforge, M., Bogaert, J., Kuznetsova, T., Voigt, J.-U. Tags: Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophy, Echocardiography Cardiomyopathies Source Type: research