Myocardial contrast echocardiography in biopsy-proven primary cardiac amyloidosis
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Noninvasive diagnosis of biopsy-proven cardiac amyloidosis.
OBJECTIVES This study analyzed the utility of electrocardiographic (ECG) and echocardiographic findings in the diagnosis of amyloidosis proven by endomyocardial biopsy. BACKGROUND Cardiac amyloidosis is associated with characteristic ECG and echocardiographic changes, yet each finding alone is relatively nonspecific. A combination of noninvasive prognostic parameters would be desirable for th...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging
سال: 2008
ISSN: 2047-2412,2047-2404
DOI: 10.1093/ejechocard/jen017