Clinical Predictors of positive Tc-99m pyrophosphate scan in patients hospitalized for decompensated heart failure

Conclusions: At our center, almost one-third of the hospitalized patients who were clinically suspected to have cardiac amyloidosis had a final diagnosis of wild-type ATTR-CA. A history of carpal tunnel syndrome, ECG findings of low QRS voltage, AVB and LAFB, and echocardiographic features of left ventricular hypertrophy and high-grade diastolic dysfunction were prevalent in wild-type ATTR-CA.

Source: Journal of Nuclear Medicine - May 14, 2020 Category: Nuclear Medicine Authors: Bukhari, S., Brownell, A., Nieves, R., Eisele, Y., Follansbee, W., Soman, P. Tags: Diagnostic and Prognostic Advances in Cardiac Radionuclide and Hybrid Imaging Source Type: research