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Echocardiography in cardiac amyloidosis

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Echocardiography is the most widely used noninvasive test in patients with heart failure or abnormal cardiac findings on examination. Patients with amyloidosis may have significant cardiac abnormalities, several of which are highly suggestive of the disease. This article reviews echocardiographic features found in cardiac amyloidosis.

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  1. Cardiac Amyloidosis Program, Section of Cardiology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 72, Francis Street, Boston, MA, 02115, USA

    Rodney H. Falk & C. Cristina Quarta

  2. Institute of Cardiology, DIMES, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

    C. Cristina Quarta

  3. S.Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy

    C. Cristina Quarta

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Falk, R.H., Quarta, C.C. Echocardiography in cardiac amyloidosis. Heart Fail Rev 20, 125–131 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10741-014-9466-3

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