[Negativity of myocardial scintigraphy with technetium-pyrophosphate in a case of primary cardiac amyloidosis].
We describe herein the case of a 62-year-old man affected by congestive heart failure of obscure origin, in which the clinical history, the electrocardiographic and echocardiographic findings were compatible with the diagnosis of amyloid cardiomyopathy. Cardiac catheterization disclosed a restrictive physiology. Tc-99m-pyrophosphate myocardial scintiscan was negative despite the markedly increased left ventricular wall thickness on echocardiographic examination. A definite diagnosis was obtained by means of endomyocardial biopsy.
D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D001706:Biopsy; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D011756:Diphosphates; D004452:Echocardiography; D005188:False Negative Reactions; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013667:Technetium; D016698:Technetium Tc 99m Pyrophosphate
D011756:Diphosphates; D016698:Technetium Tc 99m Pyrophosphate; D013667:Technetium
Negatività della scintigrafia miocardica con tecnezio-pirofosfato in un caso di amiloidosi cardiaca primaria.