Low Sensitivity of Bone Scintigraphy in Detecting Phe64Leu Mutation-Related Transthyretin Cardiac Amyloidosis
Author(s) -
Beatrice Musumeci,
Francesco Cappelli,
Domitilla Russo,
Giacomo Tini,
Marco Canepa,
Agnese Milandri,
Rachele Bonfiglioli,
Gianluca Di Bella,
Filomena My,
Marco Luigetti,
Marina Grandis,
Camillo Autore,
Stefano Perlini,
Federico Perfetto,
Claudio Rapezzi
Publication year - 2019
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.2019.10.015
Subject(s) - transthyretin , medicine , bone scintigraphy , cardiac amyloidosis , scintigraphy , amyloidosis , nuclear medicine , radiology , technetium , cardiology
The aim of this study was to assess the diagnostic accuracy of bone scintigraphy in a large multicenter cohort of patients with cardiac amyloidotic involvement and Phe64Leu transthyretin (TTR) mutation.
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