The role of 3D and speckle tracking echocardiography in cardiac amyloidosis: A case report

European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 74-77

  Nucci, E M ^a   Lisi, M ^a   Cameli, M ^a   Baldi, L ^a   Puccetti, L ^a   Mondillo, S ^a   Favilli, R ^a   Lunghetti, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

3D echocardiography; Amyloidosis; Speckle tracking echocardiography

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL PRO BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; APOLIPOPROTEIN A1; APOLIPOPROTEIN A2; CREATININE; PREALBUMIN;

AGED; AMYLOIDOSIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIFFUSE INTRAMYOCYTIC INFILTRATION; DNA DETERMINATION; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART AMYLOIDOSIS; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMPLANTED HEART PACEMAKER; INTRACARDIAC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; LEG EDEMA; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PLEURA EFFUSION; RESTRICTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; SENILE CARDIAC AMYLOIDOSIS; SPECKLE TRACKING ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART DISEASE; PROCEDURES;

AGED; AMYLOIDOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84896958011     PISSN: 11283602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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