AL-amyloidosis with cardiac involvement. Diagnostic capabilities of non-invasive methods

Abstract

There are presented the literature data and a description of the clinical course of the disease in isolated/predominant cardiac amyloidosis. Amyloid cardiomyopathy is the most common phenocopy of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. The modern possibilities of non-invasive diagnostics using osteoscintigraphy for the differential diagnosis between amyloid cardiomyopathy caused by AL- and transthyretin amyloidosis are described in detail.

Keywords

• al-amyloidosis
• hypertrophic cardiomyopathy phenocopies
• bone scintigraphy