title: Cardiac amyloidosis imaged by dual-source computed tomography.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, University of Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany. Mohamed.Marwan@uk-erlangen.de
authors.forename: Mohamed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Marwan
authors.forename: Tobias
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Pflederer
authors.forename: Dieter
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ropers
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schmid
authors.forename: Gerald
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wasmeier
authors.forename: Stephan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Söder
authors.forename: Werner G
authors.initials: WG
authors.lastname: Daniel
authors.forename: Stephan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Achenbach
mesh_terms: 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*