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Figure 1
Echocardiography in a patient with multiple myeloma and cardiac amyloidosis showing thickened ventricular myocardium with granular sparkling, dilated atria and pleural effusion (panels A&B), as well grade 3 diastolic dysfunction (panel C).
Figure 2
Global longitudinal strain (GLS) deterioration throughout the years (2016–2019) in a patient with multiple myeloma and cardiac amyloidosis, showing a “cherry on top” pattern i.e. relative apical sparing.
Figure 3
Cardiac magnetic resonance in a patient with multiple myeloma and cardiac amyloidosis showing thickened left ventricular walls (circle) and interatrial septum, as well as dilated atria (star). CMR revealed a patchy subendocardial and subepicardial pattern of LGE (pannels 5–8), an increased LV mass index, a small pericardial effusion (0.9 cm) and a left ventricular ejection fraction of 57%, without intracardiac thrombi.
Figure 4
ECG of a patient with multiple myeloma and cardiac amyloidosis, showing atrial flutter with a variable atrioventricular block: 2:1 and 4:1, a pseudoinfarct pattern in the inferior leads and low QRS voltage in the limb leads (precordial leads are at half amplitude due to machine calibration).