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Does the EF global longitudinal strain ratio improve diagnostic accuracy for detecting cardiac amyloidosis in patients with thickened hearts?
Does the EF global longitudinal strain ratio improve diagnostic accuracy for detecting cardiac amyloidosis in patients with thickened hearts?
The EF global longitudinal strain ratio is an accurate echocardiographic parameter for differentiating cardiac amyloidosis in patients presenting with thickened hearts, including those with mild hypertrophy.
May aid echocardiographic detection of cardiac amyloidosis in mild hypertrophy; leaves open prospective validation before clinical adoption.
Our study demonstrated that in patients with thickened hearts, EF global longitudinal strain ratio has the best accuracy in detecting CA, even among the most "challenging" patient subgroups as those with mild hypertrophy and normal EF.
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