Serial scanning with 99mTc-3, 3-diphosphono-1, 2-propanodicarboxylic acid (99mTc-DPD) for early detection of cardiac amyloid deposition and prediction of clinical worsening in subjects carrying a transthyretin gene mutation

Fabio Minutoli,G. Di Bella,Anna Mazzeo,Riccardo Laudicella,Luca Gentile,Mario Salvatore Russo,G. Vita,Sergio Baldari

Serial scanning with 99mTc-3, 3-diphosphono-1, 2-propanodicarboxylic acid (99mTc-DPD) for early detection of cardiac amyloid deposition and prediction of clinical worsening in subjects carrying a transthyretin gene mutation

2019

Fabio Minutoli
G. Di Bella
Anna Mazzeo
Riccardo Laudicella
Luca Gentile
Mario Salvatore Russo
G. Vita
Sergio Baldari

Background To determine the capability of 99mTc-DPD scintigraphy to detect early cardiac involvement and predict clinical worsening in transthyretin (TTR) gene mutation patients.

Keywords:

Mutation
Cardiology
Scintigraphy
Cardiac amyloidosis
early detection
Internal medicine
Transthyretin Gene
Amyloid
Medicine
Transthyretin
Serial scanning
Pathology
Radiology
Abnormal Finding
gene mutation
Interventricular septum

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