Non-invasive diagnosis of transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis utilizing typical late gadolinium enhancement pattern on cardiac magnetic resonance and light chains.

Jeremy A SlivnickNazia AlviCristiane C SingulaneSeth ScheetzAkash GoyalHena PatelNitasha SarswatKarima AddetiaFabio FernandesMarcelo Luiz Campos VieiraCaio Rebouças Fonseca CafezeiroSuênia Freitas CarvalhalOrlando P SimonettiJai SinghRoberto M LangKarolina M ZarebaAmit R Patel

Published in: European heart journal. Cardiovascular Imaging (2023)

The combination of a typical LGE and Look-Locker pattern on CMR with negative light chains is highly specific for ATTR-CA. The successful non-invasive diagnosis of ATTR-CA using CMR has the potential to reduce diagnostic and therapeutic delays and healthcare costs for many patients.

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