Novel Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Model to Distinguish Immunoglobulin Light Chain From Transthyretin Cardiac Amyloidosis

Autor: Jeremy Slivnick, DO Matthew S. Tong, Alex Wallner, Aaron O’Brien, Mbbs Mohamed B. Elamin, Haikady N. Nagaraja, Subha V. Raman, Karolina M. Zareba
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging. 14:302-304
ISSN: 1936-878X
Popis: Myocardial deposition of transthyretin (ATTR) or immunoglobulin light chain (AL) underlies cardiac amyloidosis (CA), with distinct treatments for each requiring accurate diagnosis. Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) is a valuable diagnostic and prognostic tool for CA ([1][1]). We report a novel
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