Bone scintigraphy for cardiac amyloidosis: A Canadian perspective

Cardiac amyloidosis is a protein deposition disease in which misfolded proteins aggregate into insoluble fibrils which deposit extracellularly in tissues [1]. Cardiac amyloidosis is increasingly recognized as an important cause of heart failure in older adults [2]. While there are several forms of cardiac amyloidosis, about 95% of patients have transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis (ATTR-CM) or immunoglobulin light chain-related cardiac amyloidosis (AL-CM) [2]. Other rare causes of amyloidosis include amyloid A, apolipoprotein AI, heavy chain, and atrial natriuretic peptide amyloidosis [1].
Source: Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences - Category: Radiology Authors: Tags: Short Communication Source Type: research