A Case Report of Cardiac Amyloidosis Highlighting the Importance of Strain Analysis

Cardiac involvement in light-chain (AL) amyloidosis has a high mortality. Once cardiac symptoms are present, it is important to make a diagnosis as there is an inverse relationship between mortality and time of diagnosis. Echocardiography is usually one of the first tests performed. But strain analy...

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Main Authors: Andres Cordova Sanchez, Ryan Murphy, Suman Rao, Fidel Martinez, Stephanie Bryant, Debanik Chaudhuri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2021-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Cardiology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/5673364
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description Cardiac involvement in light-chain (AL) amyloidosis has a high mortality. Once cardiac symptoms are present, it is important to make a diagnosis as there is an inverse relationship between mortality and time of diagnosis. Echocardiography is usually one of the first tests performed. But strain analysis, which can provide important clues, is not routinely performed. This is a case of AL amyloidosis presenting with heart failure in which echocardiographic strain analysis was vital for its diagnosis.
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spelling doaj-art-001c4507e83046a58de4e101764a0fb12025-08-20T02:03:15ZengWileyCase Reports in Cardiology2090-64042090-64122021-01-01202110.1155/2021/56733645673364A Case Report of Cardiac Amyloidosis Highlighting the Importance of Strain AnalysisAndres Cordova Sanchez0Ryan Murphy1Suman Rao2Fidel Martinez3Stephanie Bryant4Debanik Chaudhuri5Department of Medicine, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY 13210, USACollege of Medicine, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY 13210, USADepartment of Medicine, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY 13210, USADivision of Cardiology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY 13210, USADepartment of Pathology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY 13210, USADivision of Cardiology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY 13210, USACardiac involvement in light-chain (AL) amyloidosis has a high mortality. Once cardiac symptoms are present, it is important to make a diagnosis as there is an inverse relationship between mortality and time of diagnosis. Echocardiography is usually one of the first tests performed. But strain analysis, which can provide important clues, is not routinely performed. This is a case of AL amyloidosis presenting with heart failure in which echocardiographic strain analysis was vital for its diagnosis.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/5673364
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