Novel tracers for the imaging of cardiac amyloidosis

M Shetty, S Malhotra - Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology, 2023 - Soc Nuclear Med
Radionuclide scintigraphy with technetium-labeled bisphosphonates has brought a
paradigm shift in diagnosing cardiac amyloidosis (CA), with transthyretin CA now being …

Radiolabeled Thioflavin-T Derivative PET Imaging for the Assessment of Cardiac Amyloidosis

KE Boczar, G Small, A Tavoosi, TD Ruddy - Current Cardiology Reports, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Cardiac amyloidosis (CA) is an often under-recognized cause of
heart failure with preserved ejection fraction. The goal of the current paper was to review …

[HTML][HTML] Nuclear molecular imaging of disease burden and response to treatment for cardiac Amyloidosis

M Zhao, R Calabretta, J Yu, P Binder, S Hu, M Hacker… - Biology, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Cardiac amyloidosis (CA) is characterized by extracellular infiltration and
deposition of amyloid fibrils primarily derived from the circulating transthyretin protein (TTR) …

Targeted nuclear imaging probes for cardiac amyloidosis

PE Bravo, S Dorbala - Current Cardiology Reports, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review The aim of the present manuscript is to review the latest
advancements of radionuclide molecular imaging in the diagnosis and prognosis of …

Nuclear imaging for cardiac amyloidosis: bone scan, SPECT/CT, and amyloid-targeting PET

JC Paeng, JY Choi - Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, 2021 - Springer
Cardiac amyloidosis (CA) is a type of systemic amyloidosis, in which abnormal amyloid fibril
is deposited in extracellular space of myocardium. Most common subtypes of CA are …

The rise of cardiac amyloidosis imaging

B Satyavolu, J Deitz, P Soman - Journal of Nuclear Medicine …, 2023 - Soc Nuclear Med
The introduction of cardiac scintigraphy with bone-seeking tracers such as [99m Tc] Tc-
pyrophosphate as a highly accurate diagnostic test for transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis …

[HTML][HTML] Variability in bone-seeking tracers and imaging protocols for the diagnosis of cardiac amyloidosis: The more the merrier?

M Weiler-Sagie, S Ben-Haim - Journal of Nuclear Cardiology, 2022 - Springer
Cardiac amyloidosis (CA) is a hot topic in nuclear cardiology and molecular imaging has
become an important tool in the management of CA due to the unique capability to diagnose …

[HTML][HTML] Nuclear imaging in cardiac amyloidosis

A Glaudemans, R Slart, CJ Zeebregts… - European journal of …, 2009 - Springer
Amyloidosis is a disease characterized by depositions of amyloid in organs and tissues. It
can be localized (in just one organ) or systemic. Cardiac amyloidosis is a debilitating …

Advances in PET-based cardiac amyloid radiotracers

C Gallegos, EJ Miller - Current Cardiology Reports, 2020 - Springer
The gold standard for diagnosis of cardiac amyloidosis (CA) is endomyocardial biopsy
showing Congo red staining followed by mass spectroscopy, but the diagnosis can also be …

The utility of positron emission tomography in cardiac amyloidosis

S Saeed, JM Saad, AI Ahmed, Y Han… - Heart Failure …, 2021 - Springer
Cardiac amyloidosis, characterized by progressive restrictive cardiomyopathy, presents
unusual diagnostic challenges. Conventional cardiac scintigraphy has shown limited utility …