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Cardiac amyloidosis is associated with increased aortic stiffness

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Cardiac amyloidosis (CA) is as an infiltrative disorder primarily caused by extracellular tissue deposition of amyloid fibrils in the myocardial interstitium. The current study was designed to test whether alterations… Click to show full abstract

Cardiac amyloidosis (CA) is as an infiltrative disorder primarily caused by extracellular tissue deposition of amyloid fibrils in the myocardial interstitium. The current study was designed to test whether alterations in ascending aortic elastic properties could be detected by echocardiography in CA patients, and to compare their results to controls.

Keywords: aortic stiffness; amyloidosis; associated increased; increased aortic; amyloidosis associated; cardiac amyloidosis

Journal Title: Journal of Clinical Ultrasound
Year Published: 2018

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