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Role of 99mTc-DPD Scintigraphy in Diagnosis and Prognosis of Hereditary Transthyretin-Related Cardiac Amyloidosis
Author(s) -
Claudio Rapezzi,
Candida Cristina Quarta,
Pier Luigi Guidalotti,
Cinzia Pettinato,
Stefano Fanti,
Ornella Leone,
Alessandra Ferlini,
Simone Longhi,
Massimiliano Lorenzini,
Maria Letizia Bacchi Reggiani,
Christian Gagliardi,
Pedro Gallo,
Caterina Villani,
Fabrizio Salvi
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
jacc. cardiovascular imaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.79
H-Index - 120
eISSN - 1936-878X
pISSN - 1876-7591
DOI - 10.1016/j.jcmg.2011.03.016
Subject(s) - transthyretin , medicine , cardiac amyloidosis , amyloidosis , ejection fraction , scintigraphy , cardiology , mace , cardiomyopathy , univariate analysis , heart failure , multivariate analysis , percutaneous coronary intervention , myocardial infarction
In a cohort of patients with hereditary transthyretin-related amyloidosis (ATTR), we aimed to assess the role of (99m)Tc-3,3-diphosphono-1,2-propanodicarboxylic acid ((99m)Tc-DPD) in detecting myocardial amyloid infiltration across a wide spectrum of cardiac involvement and in predicting major adverse cardiac events (MACE).

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