Relative apical sparing in cardiac amyloidosis is not always explained by an amyloid gradient.
Monica De GaspariGiulio SinigianiLaura De MichieliMila Della BarberaStefania RizzoGaetano ThieneSabino IlicetoMartina Perazzolo MarraDonato MeleCristina BassoAlberto CiprianiPublished in: European heart journal. Cardiovascular Imaging (2023)
The typical RELAPS pattern at echocardiography is not always explained by a base-to-apex gradient of amyloid burden at histopathology, suggesting that RELAPS might be an epiphenomenon of complex interactions among amyloid infiltration, myocardial structure, and adaptation.