First Follow-Up of Cardiac Amyloidosis Treated by Tafamidis, Evaluated by Absolute Quantification in Bone Scintigraphy

Dimitri Bellevre, MD; Alban Bailliez, MD, PhD; Sylvestre Maréchaux, MD, PhD; Alain Manrique, MD, PhD; Frédéric Mouquet, MD, PhD

JACC: Case Reports (Jan 2021)

First Follow-Up of Cardiac Amyloidosis Treated by Tafamidis, Evaluated by Absolute Quantification in Bone Scintigraphy

Dimitri Bellevre, MD,
Alban Bailliez, MD, PhD,
Sylvestre Maréchaux, MD, PhD,
Alain Manrique, MD, PhD,
Frédéric Mouquet, MD, PhD

Affiliations

Dimitri Bellevre, MD: Department of Cardiology, Normandy University, Caen, France; Department of Nuclear Medicine, Lille Catholic Institute Hospital Group, Lomme, France; Department of Nuclear Medicine, Le Bois Private Hospital, Lille, France; Address for correspondence: Dr. Dimitri Bellevre, Department of Nuclear Medicine, UF 5881, Groupement des Hôpitaux de l’Institut Catholique de Lille, Lomme, France.
Alban Bailliez, MD, PhD: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Lille Catholic Institute Hospital Group, Lomme, France; Department of Nuclear Medicine, Le Bois Private Hospital, Lille, France
Sylvestre Maréchaux, MD, PhD: Department of Cardiology, Lille Catholic Institute Hospital Group, Lomme, France
Alain Manrique, MD, PhD: Department of Cardiology, Normandy University, Caen, France; Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital, Normandy University, Caen, France
Frédéric Mouquet, MD, PhD: Department of Cardiology, Le Bois Private Hospital, Lille, France

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 3, no. 1
pp. 133 – 135

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Assessment of absolute myocardial hydroxydimethylene diphosphonate–technetium-99m uptake using standardized uptake value with a single-photon emission computed tomography–computed tomography cadmium zinc telluride camera (Discovery NM/CT 670CZT, GE Healthcare, Chicago, Illinois) in a patient with cardiac transthyretin-related amyloidosis treated with tafamidis showed a decrease in hydroxydimethylene diphosphonate cardiac uptake. This imaging technique should be helpful in monitoring therapy and evaluating prognosis. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.)

Published in JACC: Case Reports

ISSN: 2666-0849 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/jacc-case-reports

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