Prognostic Value of Late Gadolinium Enhancement Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance in Cardiac Amyloidosis
Author(s) -
Marianna Fontana,
Silvia Pica,
Patricia Réant,
Amna AbdelGadir,
Thomas A. Treibel,
Sanjay M Banypersad,
Viviana Maestrini,
William Barcella,
Stefania Rosmini,
Heerajnarain Bulluck,
Rabya Sayed,
Ketna Patel,
Shameem Mamhood,
Chiara BucciarelliDucci,
Carol Whelan,
Anna S Herrey,
Helen J. Lachmann,
Ashutosh D. Wechalekar,
Charlotte Manisty,
Eric B. Schelbert,
Peter Kellman,
Julian D. Gillmore,
Philip N. Hawkins,
James Moon
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.115.016567
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiac amyloidosis , amyloidosis , hazard ratio , ejection fraction , magnetic resonance imaging , transthyretin , cardiology , asymptomatic , al amyloidosis , confidence interval , extracellular fluid , heart failure , radiology , extracellular , antibody , immunoglobulin light chain , biology , immunology , microbiology and biotechnology
The prognosis and treatment of the 2 main types of cardiac amyloidosis, immunoglobulin light chain (AL) and transthyretin (ATTR) amyloidosis, are substantially influenced by cardiac involvement. Cardiovascular magnetic resonance with late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) is a reference standard for the diagnosis of cardiac amyloidosis, but its potential for stratifying risk is unknown.
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