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Low Sensitivity of Bone Scintigraphy in Detecting Phe64Leu Mutation-Related Transthyretin Cardiac Amyloidosis.
JACC. Cardiovascular imaging - 1 Jun 2020
Musumeci Maria Beatrice, Cappelli Francesco, Russo Domitilla, Tini Giacomo, Canepa Marco, Milandri Agnese, Bonfiglioli Rachele, Di Bella Gianluca, My Filomena, Luigetti Marco, Grandis Marina, Autore Camillo, Perlini Stefano, Perfetto Federico, Rapezzi Claudio
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to assess the diagnostic accuracy of bone scintigraphy in a large multicenter cohort of patients with cardiac amyloidotic involvement and Phe64Leu transthyretin (TTR) mutation. BACKGROUND: Diagnostic accuracy of bone scintigraphy for transthyretin-related cardiac amyloidosis (TTR-CA) is considered extremely high, enabling this technique to be the noninvasive diagnostic...
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