Cardiac amyloidosis is prevalent in older patients with aortic stenosis and carries worse prognosis

Cardiac amyloidosis is prevalent in older patients with aortic stenosis and carries worse prognosis

Abstract Background Non-invasive cardiac imaging allows detection of cardiac amyloidosis (CA) in patients with aortic stenosis (AS). Our objective was to estimate the prevalence of clinically suspected CA in patients with moderate and severe AS referred for cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) in...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: João L. Cavalcante, Shasank Rijal, Islam Abdelkarim, Andrew D. Althouse, Michael S. Sharbaugh, Yaron Fridman, Prem Soman, Daniel E. Forman, John T. Schindler, Thomas G. Gleason, Joon S. Lee, Erik B. Schelbert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-12-01
Series:Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance
Subjects:
Aortic Stenosis
Cardiac Amyloidosis
Outcomes
Cardiovascular magnetic resonance
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12968-017-0415-x

Internet

http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12968-017-0415-x

Similar Items