(99m)Tc-DPD scintigraphy as a novel imaging modality for identification of skeletal muscle amyloid deposition in light-chain amyloidosis

Amyloid. 2016 Jun;23(2):134-5. doi: 10.3109/13506129.2016.1158160. Epub 2016 Mar 16.

Authors

David F Hutt¹, Janet Gilbertson¹, Anne-Marie Quigley², Ashutosh D Wechalekar¹

Affiliations

¹ a Division of Medicine (Royal Free Campus) , National Amyloidosis Centre, University College London , London , UK and.
² b Department of Nuclear Medicine , Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust , London , UK.

PMID: 26981883
DOI: 10.3109/13506129.2016.1158160

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Aged
Amyloidosis / diagnostic imaging*
Amyloidosis / metabolism
Amyloidosis / mortality
Amyloidosis / pathology
Cardiomyopathies / diagnostic imaging*
Cardiomyopathies / metabolism
Cardiomyopathies / mortality
Cardiomyopathies / pathology
Creatine Kinase / blood
Diphosphonates
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Muscle, Skeletal / metabolism
Muscle, Skeletal / pathology*
Natriuretic Peptide, Brain / blood
Organotechnetium Compounds
Peptide Fragments / blood
Radionuclide Imaging / methods*
Serum Amyloid P-Component / metabolism*
Survival Analysis
Troponin / blood

Substances

Diphosphonates
Organotechnetium Compounds
Peptide Fragments
Serum Amyloid P-Component
Troponin
pro-brain natriuretic peptide (1-76)
technetium Tc 99m 1,1-diphosphonopropane-2,3-dicarboxylic acid
Natriuretic Peptide, Brain
Creatine Kinase