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Speckle Tracking and Transthyretin Amyloid Cardiomyopathy

Rocha,Alexandre Marins; Ferreira,Suzane Garcia; Nacif,Marcelo Souto; Ribeiro,Mario Luiz; Freitas,Marcos Raimundo Gomes de; Mesquita,Cláudio Tinoco

Abstract Background: Amyloidosis is a disease caused by deposits of insoluble fibrils in extracellular spaces. The most common type of familial amyloidosis is mediated by mutation of transthyretin, especially Val30Met. Symptoms and ejection fraction decrease may occur in cardiac amyloidosis only in case of poor prognosis. Myocardial strain detected by two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography can indica...

Date: 2017   |   Origin: Oasisbr

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