CA Red Flags
Category | Red flag |
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Clinical | Heart failure and intolerance to β-blockers and angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors |
Heart failure and peripheral or autonomic neuropathy | |
Left ventricular hypertrophy with persistently elevated troponin levels | |
History of bilateral carpal tunnel release | |
Periorbital purpura | |
Heart failure with nephrotic syndrome | |
Macroglossia | |
Spontaneous tendon rupture, especially biceps tendon rupture (Popeye sign) | |
Lumbar spinal stenosis | |
Plasma cell dyscrasia: elevated free light chains or abnormal serum or urine immunofixation | |
Echocardiographic | Unexplained left ventricular hypertrophy with… |
Biatrial enlargement | |
Pericardial effusion | |
Reduced global longitudinal strain, characteristically apical-sparing pattern | |
Low-flow, low-gradient aortic stenosis | |
Electrocardiographic | Low-voltage QRS complex in setting of left ventricular hypertrophy |