Defining the diagnosis in echocardiographically suspected senile systemic amyloidosis

JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 755-758

  Quarta, Candida Cristina ^a   Guidalotti, Pier Luigi ^a   Longhi, Simone ^a   Pettinato, Cinzia ^a   Leone, Ornella ^a   Ferlini, Alessandra ^a   Biagini, Elena ^a   Grigioni, Francesco ^a   Bacchi Reggiani, Maria Letizia ^a   Lorenzini, Massimiliano ^a   Milandri, Agnese ^a   Branzi, Angelo ^a   Rapezzi, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GALACTOSIDASE; DIHYDROPYRIMIDINE DEHYDROGENASE; DIHYDROPYRIMIDINE DEHYDROGENASE TC 99M; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMYLOIDOSIS; DRUG RETENTION; DRUG UPTAKE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENILE SYSTEMIC AMYLOIDOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AMYLOIDOSIS; BIOPSY; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIPHOSPHONATES; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; ITALY; MYOCARDIUM; ORGANOTECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 84863659790     PISSN: 1936878X     EISSN: 18767591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2012.02.015     Document Type: Letter

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