Research progress of echocardiography for diagnosing cardiac amyloidosis

Cardiac amyloidosis (CA) is a serious and progressive infiltrative disease that is caused by the deposition of amyloid fibrils between the heart muscle cells and this disease has a poor prognosis. Echocardiography plays an important role in the diagnosis of CA and the evaluation of its prognosis. This article reviews the research progress of echocardiography in the diagnosis of CA.