Linda Pagura, Aldostefano Porcari, Matteo Cameli, Elena Biagini, Marco Canepa, Lia Crotti, Massimo Imazio, Cinzia Forleo, Rita Pavasini, Giuseppe Limongelli, Stefano Perlini, Marco Metra, Giuseppe Boriani, Michele Emdin, Gianfranco Sinagra, Marco Merlo
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: The discordance between QRS voltages on electrocardiogram (ECG) and left ventricle (LV) wall thickness (LVWT) on echocardiogram (echo) is a recognized red flag (RF) of amyloid cardiomyopathy (AC) and can be measured by specific indexes. No head-to-head comparison of different ECG/echo indexes among subjects with echocardiographic suspicion of AC has yet been undertaken. The study aimed at evaluating the performance and the incremental diagnostic value of different ECG/echo indexes in this subset of patients...
October 17, 2023: European Journal of Internal Medicine