AHL Amyloidosis Mimicking ATTR on Cardiac PYP Scan: A Diagnostic Challenge Journal of Nuclear CardiologyTing-Jui HsuChin-Te TsengLing KuoChih-Yu YangYao-Ping LinWen-Chung YuDer-Cherng Tarng
Extra-cardiac uptake on technetium-99m pyrophosphate (Tc-99m PYP) scan: not just a matter of the heartdoi:10.1007/s12350-023-03341-0Yiu Ming KhorDepartment of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Singapore General Hospital, 16 College Road, Block 2 Basement 1, Singapore, SingaporeSharmila ...
Journal of Nuclear Cardiology -doi:10.1007/s12350-020-02158-5K. Carlos El-TallawiHouston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center, Houston, USARoosha ParikhHouston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center, Houston, USAFaisal NabiHouston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center, Houston, USA...
Abstract 15674: Utilization Rates of Follow-Up Testing With Pyp Scan and Cardiac Mri, and Clinical and Demographic Determinants of Their Use Among Patients With Echocardiographic Features of Cardiac Amyloidosis: A Population-Based Case Control Study...
A 99mTc-PYP scan showed grade 3 myocardial uptake, H/CL ratio of 1.8 at 3 h (A) confirmed by SPECT (B). He was diagnosed with wild-type ATTR-CM. Error: Diagnosis of ATTR-CM based on cardiac scintigraphy in the setting of an abnormal sFLC ratio without hematology consultation. Correct...
330 Echocardiographic Parameters Predictive of a Positive 99mTc-PYP Scan in Patients with Suspected Cardiac ATTR-Amyloidosisdoi:10.1016/j.hlc.2020.09.337S. MeierB. DavisC. YuG. YungC. NaoumHeart, Lung and Circulation
(1) high clinical suspicion of cardiac amyloidosis in a patient with a monoclonal protein by immunofixation electrophoresis (IFE) and/or an abnormal sFLC K/L; (2) high clinical suspicion for cardiac amyloidosis despite negative or ambiguous PYP scan results; (3) not available cardiac scintigraphy...