March 1, 1991Echocardiography
Doppler Assessment of Diastolic Function in Cardiac Amyloidosis
Why the study?
Does Doppler echocardiography effectively characterize abnormal diastolic function and disease progression in patients with cardiac amyloidosis?
Population
53 patients with cardiac amyloidosis
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
13 months
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
Doppler patterns may aid noninvasive staging of cardiac amyloidosis; leaves open whether serial echocardiography improves outcomes or guides therapy.
Structured PICO
Does Doppler echocardiography effectively characterize abnormal diastolic function and disease progression in patients with cardiac amyloidosis?
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Population
53 patients with cardiac amyloidosis
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Intervention
Doppler echocardiography to measure left and right ventricular inflow and venous flow velocities
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Outcome
Left and right ventricular diastolic function (Doppler filling abnormalities)surrogate
Doppler echocardiography is a useful tool for characterizing the severity and progression of diastolic dysfunction in cardiac amyloidosis, correlating with ventricular wall thickness.
Cite This Study
Klein et al. (1991) studied this question.