How to Interpret Changes in Myocardial Uptake in Serial 99mTc-Pyrophosphate Scans in a Patient - A Case Report

How to Interpret Changes in Myocardial Uptake in Serial ^99mTc-Pyrophosphate Scans in a Patient - A Case Report

Acta Cardiol Sin. 2023 Nov;39(6):932-936. doi: 10.6515/ACS.202311_39(6).20230731A.

Yi-San Shih¹, Wen-Po Chuang², Shan-Ying Wang^{1

3}, Yen-Wen Wu^{1

2

4

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¹ Department of Nuclear Medicine.
² Division of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Medical Center, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City.
³ Department of Biomedical Imaging and Radiological Sciences.
⁴ School of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei.
⁵ Graduate Institute of Medicine, Yuan Ze University, Taoyuan, Taiwan.

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Keywords: 99mTc-pyrophosphate (PYP) scintigraphy; ATTR-cardiac amyloidosis (ATTR-CM); Heart failure; Imaging.