Clinical, Echocardiogram, and CMR Red Flags
Parameter | Red flag |
---|---|
Clinical | Biceps tendon rupture |
Carpal tunnel syndrome | |
Elderly | |
Intolerance to heart failure medications | |
Low-flow, low-gradient aortic stenosis | |
Lumbar stenosis | |
Neuropathy | |
Transthyretin gene positive | |
Echocardiogram | Left/right ventricular wall thickening |
Diastolic dysfunction | |
Reduced global longitudinal strain | |
Relative apical sparing | |
Atrial enlargement | |
Low-flow, low-gradient aortic stenosis | |
CMR | Left/right ventricular wall thickening |
Atrial enlargement | |
Diffuse late gadolinium enhancement | |
Expanded extracellular volume | |
Blood-pool signal nulling before myocardial nulling |