Utility of doppler myocardial imaging, cardiac biomarkers, and clonal immunoglobulin genes to assess left ventricular performance and stratify risk following peripheral blood stem cell transplantation in patients with systemic light chain amyloidosis (AL)

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 444-454.e2

  Bellavia, Diego ^a   Abraham, Roshini S ^a   Pellikka, Patricia A ^a   Dispenzieri, Angela ^a   Burnett Jr , John C ^a   Al Zahrani, Ghormallah B ^a   Green, Tammy D ^a   Manske, Michelle K ^a   Gertz, Morie A ^a   Miller Jr , Fletcher A ^a   Abraham, Theodore P ^a,b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AL amyloidosis; Cardiac biomarkers; Doppler myocardial imaging; Immunoglobulin genes; LV function

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL PRO BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; AMYLOID; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; CREATININE; TROPONIN T;

ADULT; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOLOGOUS PERIPHERAL BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE PERFORMANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAIN GENE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OVERALL SURVIVAL;

EID: 79953163546     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2011.01.003     Document Type: Article

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