Journal article
Comparison of different techniques to identify cardiac involvement in immunoglobulin light chain (AL) amyloidosis
Abstract
We retrospectively reviewed the utility of N-terminal prohormone of brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) and transthoracic echocardiogram (TTE) in diagnosing cardiac involvement in patients with biopsy-proven systemic immunoglobulin light chain amyloidosis seen at the Mayo Clinic between 1 January 2006 and 30 December 2015. We analyzed 2 cohorts: patients undergoing endomyocardial biopsy for suspicion of cardiac involvement (cohort 1) and …
Authors
Aljama MA; Sidiqi MH; Dispenzieri A; Gertz MA; Lacy MQ; Buadi FK; Dingli D; Muchtar E; Fonder AL; Hayman SR
Journal
Blood Advances, Vol. 3, No. 8, pp. 1226–1229
Publisher
American Society of Hematology
Publication Date
April 23, 2019
DOI
10.1182/bloodadvances.2019032458
ISSN
2473-9529