State-of-the-art radionuclide imaging in cardiac transthyretin amyloidosis

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 158-173

  Singh, Vasvi ^a   Falk, Rodney ^a   Di Carli, Marcelo F ^a   Kijewski, Marie ^a   Rapezzi, Claudio ^b   Dorbala, Sharmila ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amyloid heart disease; modalities; molecular imaging; PET; SPECT

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; TECHNETIUM 99M; TRACER; MEDRONATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; PYROPHOSPHATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; TRANSTHYRETIN;

ARTICLE; ATTR AMYLOIDOSIS; CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG MECHANISM; HUMAN; INJECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTISCANNING; SCREENING TEST; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; AMYLOIDOSIS; BONE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FAMILIAL AMYLOID POLYNEUROPATHY; HEART; METABOLISM;

AMYLOID NEUROPATHIES, FAMILIAL; AMYLOIDOSIS; BONE AND BONES; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; HEART; HUMANS; PREALBUMIN; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; TECHNETIUM TC 99M MEDRONATE; TECHNETIUM TC 99M PYROPHOSPHATE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 85058969305     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: 15326551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12350-018-01552-4     Document Type: Article

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