학술논문

Cardiac amyloidosis: non-invasive diagnosis
Document Type
article
Source
Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira. March 2020 66(3)
Subject
Amyloidosis
Echocardiography
Magnetic resonance spectroscopy
Nuclear medicine
Biomarkers
Language
English
ISSN
0104-4230
Abstract
SUMMARY 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.