A national survey on prevalence of possible echocardiographic red flags of amyloid cardiomyopathy in consecutive patients undergoing routine echocardiography: study design and patients characterization — the first insight from the AC-TIVE Study
Marco Merlo, Aldostefano Porcari, Linda Pagura, Matteo Cameli, Giuseppe Vergaro, Beatrice Musumeci, Elena Biagini, Marco Canepa, Lia Crotti, Massimo Imazio, Cinzia Forleo, Francesco Cappelli, Stefano Favale, Gianluca Di Bella, Franca Dore, Carlo Lombardi, Rita Pavasini, Valeria Rella, Giuseppe Palmiero, Martina Caiazza, Miriam Albanese, Andrea Igoren Guaricci, Giovanna Branzi, Angelo Giuseppe Caponetti, Giulia Saturi, Giovanni La Malfa, Andrea Merlo, Alessandro Andreis, Francesco Bruno, Francesca Longo, Enrico Sfriso, Luca Di Ienno, Giuseppe De Carli, Elisa Giacomin, Valentina Spini, Antonino Milidoni, Giuseppe Limongelli, Camillo Autore, Iacopo Olivotto, Luigi P. Badano, Gianfranco Parati, Stefano Perlini, Marco Metra, Michele Emdin, Claudio Rapezzi, Gianfranco Sinagra
Abstract
Raising the suspicion of amyloid cardiomyopathy (AC) is essential to