ABC Heart Fail Cardiomyop 2021; 1(2): 115-119
Cardiac Magnetic Resonance and Amyloidosis: How can it Assist Clinical Reasoning?
The real incidence of cardiac amyloidosis (CA) is still unknown, and this is, at least in part, due to difficulties in confirming diagnosis. Currently, however, different imaging exams and genetic tests can, in association with clinical presentation, confirm diagnosis. Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) can contribute to confirmation of diagnosis and, more recently, to the screening of family members of carriers of hereditary forms of CA.1 , 2 In this article, we will review the contributions of CMR in relation to clinical suspicion or screening for CA, initiating with a review of the information that the exam offers and, subsequently, discussing clinical scenarios in which CMR can be most useful.
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Keywords: Amyloidosis; Heart Failure; Ventricular Function
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