Prognostic implications of pericardial and pleural effusion in patients with cardiac amyloidosis.
Christina BinderFranz DucaThomas BinderRené RettlTheresa Marie DachsBenjamin SeirerLuciana Camuz LigiosFabian DusikChristophe CapelleHong QinHermine AgisRenate KainChristian HengstenbergRoza Badr EslamDiana BondermanPublished in: Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society (2020)
More than 50% of patients with CA presented with pleural and/or pericardial effusions. While pleural effusion was clearly associated with poor RV function in AL, we were not able to detect this association with pericardial effusion.