Cardiac amyloidosis: non-invasive diagnosis

Rev Assoc Med Bras (1992). 2020 Mar;66(3):345-352. doi: 10.1590/1806-9282.66.3.345.

Abstract

Cardiac amyloidosis is an infiltrative disease which requires a high degree of clinical suspicion for appropriate diagnosis. Early diagnosis and the definition of the type of amyloidosis play a key role in the early treatment and prognosis of this disease. In this context, the use of cardiac biomarkers such as troponins and NT-proBNT associated with analysis by multimodality imaging methods like echocardiographic techniques such as strain, nuclear medicine, and cardiovascular resonance imaging have an increasing role in patients with cardiac amyloidosis. This article details the role of non-invasive diagnostic methods in patients with cardiac amyloidosis.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Amyloidosis / diagnosis*
  • Biomarkers
  • Echocardiography
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Prognosis
  • Radionuclide Imaging
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Biomarkers