Incidentally detected cardiac amyloidosis on 99mTc-MDP bone scintigraphy

Cardiac amyloidosis (CA) is an important cause of restrictive cardiomyopathy and heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). At present, 3 bone-seeking tracers, 99mTc-diphosphono-1,2-propanodicarboxylic acid (99mTc-DPD), 99mTc-pyrophosphate (99mTc-PYP), and 99mTc-hydroxymethylene diphosp...

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Main Author: Ahmed Fathala, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-06-01
Series:Radiology Case Reports
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S193004332030090X