Table 6. Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging findings in cardiac amyloidosis.
Imaging | Findings |
Cine CMR and myocardial strain | 1. Left ventricular hypertrophy, symmetric or asymmetric |
2. Right ventricular hypertrophy | |
3. Thicken atrial septum (≥ 6 mm) | |
4. Abnormal longitudinal and circumferential strains | |
Late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) imaging | 1. Diffuse transmural or subendocardial LGE |
2. LGE mainly occurs in the basal segments of left ventricle, right ventricle, left atrium, and atrial septum | |
3. Dark blood pool pattern | |
T1 mapping (non-contrast) | 1. Non-contrast imaging |
2. Significantly elevated T1 value | |
Extracellular volume (ECV) | 1. Contrast is needed for this imaging |
2. Significantly elevated ECV | |
3. ECV ≥ 40% |
CMR, cardiac magnetic resonance; ECV, extracellular volume; LGE, late gadolinium enhancement.