Purpose of review: The aim is to provide a description of the most important echocardiographic features in systemic amyloidosis.
Recent findings: Amyloidosis is a heterogeneous group of multisystem disorders, characterized by an extracellular deposition of amyloid fibrils. Several imaging tests are available for the diagnosis; however, echocardiography is the cornerstone of the non-invasive imaging modality for cardiac amyloidosis. So far, little is known about the diagnosis of cardiac amyloidosis through imaging modalities. We summarized the most important echocardiographic findings in cardiac amyloidosis. Hence, we offered a systematic report of the diagnostic performance of cardiac amyloidosis using echocardiography.
Keywords: Cardiac amyloidosis; Diagnosis; Echocardiography; Heart failure; Infiltrative cardiomyopathy; Left ventricular function.