title: [Late enhancement of cardiac MRI in patients with suspicious cardiacamyloid].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the differential diagnostic value of myocardial delayed enhancement of cardiac MRI on suspicious cardiac amyloid.
  
  
  METHODS
  Six patients with suspicious cardiac amyloidosis were scanned on a Siemens 3.0 T scanner. Late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) was performed 5-15 min after bolus injection with gadolinium (0.15 mmol/kg) in the patients. Their ventricular function, morphology and LGE characteristics were analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Cardiac amyloid was confirmed in 4 cases, in which LGE showed concentric subendocardial enhancement. The 2 cases without such LGE type were also excluded from cardiac amyloid by clinical pathology.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Late gadolinium enhancement of cardiac MRI is an effective diagnostic tool for differentiating cardiac amyloid.
authors: Department of Radiology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
authors: Jia-Yu
authors: JY
authors: Sun
authors: Qing
authors: Q
authors: Zhang
authors: Wei
authors: W
authors: Cheng
authors: Yu-Cheng
authors: YC
authors: Chen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged