Potential clinical relevance of cardiac magnetic resonance to diagnose cardiac light chain amyloidosis
Dohy Z, Szabo L, Pozsonyi Z, Csecs I, Toth A, Suhai F, Czimbalmos C, Szucs A, Kiss A, Becker D, Merkely B, Vago H. Potential clinical relevance of cardiac magnetic resonance to diagnose cardiac light chain amyloidosis. PLOS ONE 2022, 17: e0269807. PMID: 35696411, PMCID: PMC9191721, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0269807.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCardiac AL amyloidosisCardiac magnetic resonanceLate gadolinium enhancementAL amyloidosisOptimal diagnostic performanceHypertrophic cardiomyopathyDegree of left ventricular (LV) hypertrophyReduced global LV longitudinal strainDiagnostic performanceLeft ventricular (LV) hypertrophyPattern of late gadolinium enhancementGlobal LV longitudinal strainSubendocardial late gadolinium enhancementCardiac magnetic resonance examinationCardiac magnetic resonance parametersCardiac light-chain amyloidosisDifferential diagnosis of cardiomyopathyLV strain parametersCardiac transthyretin amyloidosisLV) hypertrophyLV longitudinal strainDiagnosis of cardiomyopathyLight chain amyloidosisCardiac light chainsPotential clinical relevance