Abstract

MARTINEZ, Fabián  and  BAEZ, Álvaro. Contributions of echocardiography and myocardial deformation techniques in cardiac amyloidosis. Basis of the technique and diagnostically useful findings. Rev.Urug.Cardiol. [online]. 2023, vol.38, n.1, e301.  Epub June 01, 2023. ISSN 0797-0048.  https://doi.org/10.29277/cardio.38.1.11.

Cardiac amyloidosis is an infiltrative restrictive cardiomyopathy secondary to extracellular amyloid deposition. Different cardiac imaging techniques allow noninvasive evaluation. Echocardiography plays a central role in diagnostic and prognostic evaluation and helps to guide treatment. The aim of this review is to describe the different tools provided by echocardiography, with emphasis on speckle tracking strain and to describe its role in the diagnosis of this pathology.

Keywords : cardiac amyloidosis; strain; speckle tracking; tisue Doppler.

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