TY - JOUR AU - Lei, Changhui AU - Zhu, Xiaoli AU - Hsi, David H. AU - Wang, Jing AU - Zuo, Lei AU - Ta, Shengjun AU - Yang, Qianli AU - Xu, Lei AU - Zhao, Xueli AU - Wang, Yan AU - Sun, Shiren AU - Liu, Liwen PY - 2021 DA - 2021/01/21 TI - Predictors of cardiac involvement and survival in patients with primary systemic light-chain amyloidosis: roles of the clinical, chemical, and 3-D speckle tracking echocardiography parameters JO - BMC Cardiovascular Disorders SP - 43 VL - 21 IS - 1 AB - Light-chain (AL) amyloidosis is the most common type of systemic amyloidosis with poor prognosis. Currently, the predictors of cardiac involvement and prognostic staging systems are primarily based on conventional echocardiography and serological biomarkers. We used three-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography (STE-3D) measurements of strain, hypothesizing that it could detect cardiac involvement and aid in prediction of mortality. SN - 1471-2261 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12872-021-01856-3 DO - 10.1186/s12872-021-01856-3 ID - Lei2021 ER -