Learning Objectives

Understand the different types of cardiac amyloidosis and their echocardiographic characteristics.
Recognize the diagnostic challenges associated with cardiac amyloidosis and the importance of clinical suspicion in prompt diagnosis.
Learn about the role of echocardiography and other imaging modalities in assessing cardiac amyloidosis and guiding treatment decisions.

Meet Our Presenter

Dr Nicholas Chan

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, New Hampshire, USA

Nicholas Chan, MD MS, is a senior cardiology fellow at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. Dr. Chan grew up in Queens, New York City, and attended Columbia UniversitySchool of Engineering and Applied Sciences, where he received both his undergraduate and master’s degree in applied mathematics, graduating with magna cum laude. He then went on to receive his medical degree at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. He completed his residency in internal medicine at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, and a fellowship in cardiac amyloidosis at Columbia University Irving Medical Center/New York Presbyterian Hospital prior to his current position at Dartmouth. His clinical and research interests are in multimodality cardiovascular imaging (including echo, nuclear scintigraphy, CT, and MRI) and their applications tonon-ischemic cardiomyopathy. He has authored multiple articles for professional and scientific publications, and serves as a reviewer for the Journal of American Society of Echocardiography.

Learning Objectives

Meet Our Presenter

Dr Nicholas Chan

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Cardiac Amyloidosis: The Role of Echocardiography and More – Dr Nicholas Chan

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