Direct comparison of diagnostic and clinical values between Tc-99 m DPD and Tc-99 m PYP scintigraphy in patients with cardiac amyloidosis

Abstract Background Technetium-99 m 3,3-diphosphono-1,2-propanodicarboxylic acid (DPD) and technetium-99 m sodium pyrophosphate (PYP) are the two most commonly used radiotracers for cardiac amyloidosis (CA), but no studies have directly compared them. Therefore, in this study, we directly compared t...

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Hauptverfasser: Yong-Jin Park, Joohee Lee, Darae Kim, Jin-Oh Choi, Seok Jin Kim, Kihyun Kim, Joon Young Choi
Format: Artikel
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: BMC 2023-07-01
Schriftenreihe:BMC Medical Imaging
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Online Zugang:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12880-023-01054-x