USE OF MULTI-MODALITY IMAGING IN DETERMINING THE ETIOLOGY OF COMBINED SYSTOLIC AND DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE IN THE ELDERLY WITH VALVULAR HEART DISEASE AND INFILTRATIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY

2019 
Transthyretin type cardiac amyloidosis (ATTR-CA) is prevalent in ~16% of the elderly with severe calcific aortic valve stenosis (AoS) being considered for TAVR. Tc-99m PYP cardiac imaging is useful in identifying ATTR-CA in these patients. An 87 year old male presented with decompensated combined
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