False positive technetium-99m pyrophosphate scintigraphy in a patient with cardiac amyloidosis light chain: Case report

INTRODUCTION: Patients with cardiac amyloidosis light chain (AL) present with negative Tc-99m pyrophosphate (PYP) scintigraphy (absent or mild heart uptake). On the contrary, patients with cardiac amyloidosis transthyretin (ATTR) present with positive Tc-99m PYP scanning (intensive heart uptake). We...

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Autores principales: Zeng, Yu, Poterucha, Timothy J., Einstein, Andrew J., Zhang, Qing, Chen, Yucheng, Xie, Hangyu, Wan, Ke, Liang, Yujia, Chen, Juncheng, Tang, Gongshun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8084032/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33907108
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000025582

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8084032/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33907108
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000025582

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