Background There is currently no thromboembolic risk stratification tool for amyloid
cardiomyopathy (ACM) and the current survival staging systems for ACM have only modest …

Aims Traditional echocardiographic parameters for the assessment of suspected cardiac
amyloidosis (CA) are of limited diagnostic accuracy. We sought to explore differences and …

Systemic light-chain (AL) amyloidosis is characterized by the aggregation of misfolded
immunoglobulin light chain, predominantly infiltrating in the heart, including left atrium (LA) …

Aims Cardiac amyloidosis (CA) affects the four heart chambers, which can all be evaluated
through speckle-tracking echocardiography (STE). Methods and results We evaluated 423 …

Background Left atrial (LA) function and strain patterns by magnetic resonance imaging
(MRI) have been investigated as markers of several cardiovascular pathologies, including …

Objectives The prognostic value of echocardiographic atrial and ventricular strain imaging in
patients with biopsy-proven cardiac amyloidosis was assessed. Background Although left …

Aims To investigate whether left arterial reservoir strain (LASr) could predict new-onset atrial
fibrillation (NOAF) in patients with light-chain-type cardiac amyloidosis (ALCA). Methods and …

Prognosis of patients with light-chain cardiac amyloidosis (AL-CA) is poor. Speckle tracking
imaging (STI) derived longitudinal deformation parameters and Doppler-derived left …

Aims To assess left atrial (LA) function and determine the prevalence of LA dysfunction in AL
amyloidosis (AL) using conventional and strain echocardiography. Methods and results LA …

Aims: The present study aims to evaluate magnetic-resonance-imaging (MRI)-assessed left
atrial strain (LAS) and left atrial strain rate (LASR) as potential parameters for the diagnosis …