Abnormal myocardial blood flow reserve observed in cardiac amyloidosis

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Nam, MCY
Nel, K
Senior, R
Greaves, K
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2016
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We performed real-time myocardial contrast echocardiography on a patient with cardiac amyloidosis and previous normal coronary angiography presenting with atypical chest pain to assess myocardial blood flow reserve (MBFR). Myocardial contrast echocardiography was performed and flash microbubble destruction and replenishment analysis was used to calculate myocardial blood flow. Dipyridamole was used to achieve hyperemia. MBFR was derived from the ratio of peak myocardial blood flow at hyperemia and rest. The results show a marked reduction in MBFR in our patient. Previous reports of luminal obstruction of intramyocardial rather than epicardial vessels by amyloid deposition may be causing microvascular dysfunction.

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Journal of Cardiovascular Ultrasound

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24

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1

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© The Author(s) 2016. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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Cardiovascular medicine and haematology

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Nam, MCY; Nel, K; Senior, R; Greaves, K, Abnormal myocardial blood flow reserve observed in cardiac amyloidosis, Journal of Cardiovascular Ultrasound, 2016, 24 (1), pp. 64-67

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