Prevalence and characteristics of patients with incidental cardiac uptake on bone scintigraphy.
Jihee SonYeon Hee HanSun Hwa LeePublished in: Journal of cardiovascular imaging (2024)
Although incidental ATTR-CA in patients undergoing bone scintigraphy for noncardiac reasons is uncommon, if cardiac uptake is observed in elderly patients without metastatic calcification associated with end-stage renal disease, further diagnostic work-up for ATTR-CA as a cause of undiagnosed heart failure should be considered.
Keyphrases
- end stage renal disease
- chronic kidney disease
- heart failure
- peritoneal dialysis
- left ventricular
- patients undergoing
- bone mineral density
- pet ct
- squamous cell carcinoma
- soft tissue
- bone loss
- risk factors
- small cell lung cancer
- bone regeneration
- postmenopausal women
- atrial fibrillation
- cardiac resynchronization therapy
- body composition
- acute heart failure