Non-invasive detection and differentiation of cardiac amyloidosis using 99mTc-pyrophosphate scintigraphy and 11C-Pittsburgh compound B PET imaging.
Ken TakasoneNagaaki KatohYusuke TakahashiRyuta AbeNaoki EzawaTsuneaki YoshinagaShin YanagisawaMasahide YazakiKazuhiro OguchiJun KoyamaYoshiki SekijimaPublished in: Amyloid : the international journal of experimental and clinical investigation : the official journal of the International Society of Amyloidosis (2020)
All three major types of cardiac amyloidosis can be detected and differentiated non-invasively by combined use of the two amyloid imaging methods and TTR gene testing.