Usefulness of 99mTc-DPD Scintigraphy in Cardiac Amyloidosis

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 51, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 1509-1510

  Rapezzi, Claudio ^a   Guidalotti, Pierluigi ^a   Salvi, Fabrizio ^a   Riva, Letizia ^a   Perugini, Enrica ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3,3 DIPHOSPHONO 1,2 PROPANODICARBOXYLIC ACID TC 99M; AMYLOID P COMPONENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AMYLOID; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; TECHNETIUM COMPLEX; TECHNETIUM TC 99M 1,1 DIPHOSPHONOPROPANE 2,3 DICARBOXYLIC ACID; TECHNETIUM TC 99M 1,1-DIPHOSPHONOPROPANE-2,3-DICARBOXYLIC ACID; TROPONIN;

HEART AMYLOIDOSIS; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; ISOTOPE LABELING; LETTER; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTIGRAPHY; AMYLOIDOSIS; BLOOD; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART DISEASE; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SCINTISCANNING;

AMYLOID; AMYLOIDOSIS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DIPHOSPHONATES; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGANOTECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TROPONIN; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 41549136887     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2007.12.038     Document Type: Letter

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