Detection of early systolic dysfunction with strain rate imaging in a patient with light chain cardiomyopathy

Zeitschrift fur Kardiologie

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 133-136

  Niedeggen, A ^a   Breithardt, O A ^a   Franke, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiac amyloidosis; Myocardial function; Strain

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BLOOD TESTIS BARRIER; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIASTOLE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART AMYLOIDOSIS; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART DISEASE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY FAILURE; LABORATORY TEST; LIGHT CHAIN CARDIOMYOPATHY; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PATIENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STRAIN RATE IMAGING; SYNCOPE; SYSTOLE; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION; VELOCITY;

AMYLOIDOSIS; BIOPSY; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ENDOCARDIUM; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCARDIUM; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; SYSTOLE; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 13444293047     PISSN: 03005860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00392-005-0175-8     Document Type: Article

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