| Literature DB >> 26976144 |
Christian Gagliardi1, Elena Tabacchi2, Rachele Bonfiglioli2, Stefania Diodato2, Cristina Nanni2, Pierluigi Guidalotti2, Massimiliano Lorenzini3, Filippo Lodi4, Agnese Milandri3, Claudio Rapezzi3, Stefano Fanti2.
Abstract
Cardiac amyloidosis (CA) leads to variable degrees of myocardial infiltration with a final echocardiographic phenotype of "hypertrophy." Although many non-invasive imaging techniques (MRI, CT, scintigraphy, PET) are useful, the definitive diagnosis is still based on myocardial histology. We explored the possible role of [18F]-NaF PET/CT in the diagnosis of this disease in two cases with wild-type (ATTRwt) or mutant (ATTRm) Ile68Leu transthyretin (TTR)-related CA.Entities:
Keywords: PET/CT imaging; [18F]-NaF PET/CT; cardiac amyloidosis; cardiomyopathy
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Year: 2016 PMID: 26976144 DOI: 10.1007/s12350-016-0457-8
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Nucl Cardiol ISSN: 1071-3581 Impact factor: 5.952