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Prevalence of Incidental Findings Suspicious for Transthyretin Cardiac Amyloidosis among Patients Undergoing Bone Scintigraphy: A Systematic Review and a Meta-Analysis.

Giorgio TregliaChiara MartinelloFrancesco DondiDomenico AlbanoFrancesco BertagnaAlessio RizzoRoberto C Delgado BoltonGregorio TersalviBarbara MuoioMartin RieggerDiego Cecchin
Published in: Journal of clinical medicine (2023)
The prevalence of incidental findings of ATTR-CA among patients undergoing bone scintigraphy is low but not negligible. Nuclear medicine physicians should suggest, in the scintigraphic report, further clinical investigations when these findings are detected. Prospective studies are warranted.
Keyphrases
  • patients undergoing
  • risk factors
  • bone mineral density
  • pet ct
  • soft tissue
  • postmenopausal women
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  • protein kinase
  • fine needle aspiration
  • ultrasound guided