Effectiveness of skeletal scintigraphy in transthyretin-related amyloidosis

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 168, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 4988-4989

  Minutoli, Fabio ^a   Di Bella, Gianluca ^b   Sindoni, Alessandro ^a   Vita, Giuseppe ^a   Baldari, Sergio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Senile systemic amyloidosis; Transthyretin related familial amyloid polyneuropathy

Indexed keywords

BUTEDRONATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; PREALBUMIN; TROPONIN T;

BONE SCINTISCANNING; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FAMILIAL AMYLOID POLYNEUROPATHY; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WHOLE BODY SCINTISCANNING; AMYLOID PLAQUE; AMYLOIDOSIS; FEMALE; HEART; MALE; SCINTISCANNING; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

AMYLOIDOSIS; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; MALE; PLAQUE, AMYLOID; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84886439788     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.07.130     Document Type: Article

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