Limitations of Apical Sparing Pattern in Cardiac Amyloidosis: A Multicenter Echocardiographic Study.
Juan CotellaMichael RandazzoMathew S MaurerStephen HelmkeMarielle Scherrer-CrosbieMarwa SoltaniAkash GoyalKarolina ZarebaRichard ChengJames N KirkpatrickVidhushei YogeswaranTetsuji KitanoMasaaki TakeuchiFábio FernandesViviane Tiemi HottaMarcelo Luiz Campos VieiraPablo ElissamburuRicardo RonderosAldo PradoEfstratios KoutroumpakisAnita DeswalAmit PursnaniNitasha SarswatKarima AddetiaVictor Mor-AviFederico M AschJeremy A SlivnickRoberto M LangPublished in: European heart journal. Cardiovascular Imaging (2024)
Apical sparing did not prove to be a CA-specific biomarker for accurate identification of CA, when compared to clinically similar controls with no CA.