Prevalence of Incidental Findings Suspicious for Transthyretin Cardiac Amyloidosis among Patients Undergoing Bone Scintigraphy: A Systematic Review and a Meta-Analysis

Prevalence of Incidental Findings Suspicious for Transthyretin Cardiac Amyloidosis among Patients Undergoing Bone Scintigraphy: A Systematic Review and a Meta-Analysis

Background: The myocardial uptake of bone-seeking tracers suspicious for transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis (ATTR-CA) can be incidentally detected in patients undergoing bone scintigraphy for noncardiac reasons. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to assess the prevalence of these scin...

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Main Authors: Giorgio Treglia, Chiara Martinello, Francesco Dondi, Domenico Albano, Francesco Bertagna, Alessio Rizzo, Roberto C. Delgado Bolton, Gregorio Tersalvi, Barbara Muoio, Martin Riegger, Diego Cecchin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-09-01
Series:Journal of Clinical Medicine
Subjects:
amyloidosis
transthyretin
bone scan
scintigraphy
cardiac uptake
incidental
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/12/17/5698

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