Fig. 6.

Recommended path for the diagnostic work-up of suspected cardiac amyloidosis. The main objective of this diagnostic path is to detect the presence of cardiac amyloidosis as reliably and early as possible, to characterize the extent of cardiac amyloidosis as precisely as possible, to reliably identify the underlying type of amyloidosis, and to subsequently enable targeted treatment (including the possibility of monitoring the success of therapy). * = If cardiac amyloidosis is suspected, further clarification by means of free light chains and immunofixation for the determination of light chains is recommended promptly and without waiting for additional imaging results