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Revista Uruguaya de Cardiología
versión impresa ISSN 0797-0048versión On-line ISSN 1688-0420
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MARTINEZ, Fabián y BAEZ, Álvaro. Contributions of echocardiography and myocardial deformation techniques in cardiac amyloidosis. Basis of the technique and diagnostically useful findings. Rev.Urug.Cardiol. [online]. 2023, vol.38, n.1, e301. Epub 01-Jun-2023. ISSN 0797-0048. https://doi.org/10.29277/cardio.38.1.11.
Cardiac amyloidosis is an infiltrative restrictive cardiomyopathy secondary to extracellular amyloid deposition. Different cardiac imaging techniques allow noninvasive evaluation. Echocardiography plays a central role in diagnostic and prognostic evaluation and helps to guide treatment. The aim of this review is to describe the different tools provided by echocardiography, with emphasis on speckle tracking strain and to describe its role in the diagnosis of this pathology.
Palabras clave : cardiac amyloidosis; strain; speckle tracking; tisue Doppler.