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Cardiovascular imaging
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Relative apical sparing of longitudinal strain using two-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography is both sensitive and specific for the diagnosis of cardiac amyloidosis

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  1. Correspondence to Dr James D Thomas, Section of Cardiovascular Imaging, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Heart and Vascular Institute, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA; thomasj{at}ccf.org
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Phelan D, Collier P, Thavendiranathan P, et al
Relative apical sparing of longitudinal strain using two-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography is both sensitive and specific for the diagnosis of cardiac amyloidosis
Heart 2012;98:1442-1448.

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  • Accepted June 20, 2012
  • First published August 3, 2012.
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September 26, 2018

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