Apical Sparing Pattern of Longitudinal Strain and Positive Bone Scintigraphy in Metastatic Myocardial Calcification

Apical Sparing Pattern of Longitudinal Strain and Positive Bone Scintigraphy in Metastatic Myocardial Calcification

An apical sparing pattern of longitudinal strain and positive radionuclide bone scintigraphy are believed to be specific for the diagnosis of transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis. We report on a young woman with apical sparing of longitudinal strain and positive bone scintigraphy who was found to have...

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Main Authors: Kathleen W. Zhang, MD, Justin S. Sadhu, MD, MPHS, Brent W. Miller, MD, Daniel C. Brennan, MD, Andrew J. Bierhals, MD, MPH, Jie-Fu Chen, MD, Chieh-Yu Lin, MD, PhD, Justin M. Vader, MD, MPHS
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-05-01
Series:JACC: Case Reports
Subjects:
cardiomyopathy
echocardiography
nuclear medicine
restrictive
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666084920302382

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