Cardiac amyloidosis imaged by dual-source computed tomography.
The ability of contrast-enhanced CT to detect "late enhancement" in a fashion similar to magnetic resonance imaging has been reported previously. Typical myocardial distribution patterns of "late enhancement" have been described for MRI. The same patterns can be observed in CT imaging, albeit at a lower signal to noise ratio. We report a case of cardiac amyloidosis with a typical pattern of subendocardial, circumferential late enhancement in all four cardiac chambers.
Marwan
Mohamed
M
Department of Cardiology, University of Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany. Mohamed.Marwan@uk-erlangen.de
Pflederer
Tobias
T
Ropers
Dieter
D
Schmid
Michael
M
Wasmeier
Gerald
G
Söder
Stephan
S
Daniel
Werner G
WG
Achenbach
Stephan
S
D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*