Algorithms for Cardiac Amyloidosis Diagnosis: How to apply them in practice?

Rohde, Luis E.

ABC Heart Fail Cardiomyop 2021; 1(2): 139-143

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Algorithms for Cardiac Amyloidosis Diagnosis: How to apply them in practice?

DOI: 10.36660/abchf.20210030

Cardiac amyloidosis has long been an entity neglected by most doctors, being considered a rare disease with limited treatment options. Recent diagnostic and therapeutic advances have brought a renewed vision in the evaluation strategies of the different forms of amyloidosis that potentially affect the heart.1 , 2 In this article we carry out a critical reflection on the importance of early diagnostic suspicion and use of contemporary algorithms to instrumentalize the cardiologist for clinical practice.