The Walls of the Heart are Thick – Case of Amyloidosis

In this video from ASE’s Microlesson Series on Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM), Dr. Steven J. Lester reviews a case where the walls of the heart are thick in a patient with Cardiac Amyloidosis.

ASE thanks the following faculty members for their contributions to this microlesson content:

Ted Abraham, MD, FASE
Steven Lester, MD, FASE
Carol Mitchell, PhD, RDMS, RDCS, RVT, RT(R), ACS, FASE
Dermot Phelan, MD, PhD, FASE
Madeline Jankowski, BS, ACS, RDCS, FASE

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The Walls of the Heart are Thick – Case of Amyloidosis

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