11C-Pittsburgh B PET Imaging in Cardiac Amyloidosis

• Published in: JACC. Cardiovascular imaging Vol. 8; no. 1; pp. 50 - 59
• Main Authors: Lee, Seung-Pyo, Lee, Eun Seong, Choi, Hongyoon, Im, Hyung-Jun, Koh, Youngil, Lee, Min-Ho, Kwon, Ji-Hyun, Paeng, Jin Chul, Kim, Hyung-Kwan, Cheon, Gi Jeong, Kim, Yong-Jin, Kim, Inho, Yoon, Sung-Soo, Seo, Jeong-Wook, Sohn, Dae-Won
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.01.2015
• Subjects: Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Amyloidosis - diagnosis; Benzothiazoles; cardiac amyloidosis; cardiac magnetic resonance; Cardiomyopathies - diagnosis; Echocardiography; Female; Humans; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Middle Aged; Pittsburgh B compound; Positron-Emission Tomography; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; RV; echocardiography; PiB; Pittsburgh B compound; CMR; LV; LGE; CT; SUV; cardiac amyloidosis; positron emission tomography; cardiac magnetic resonance; PET

This study sought to investigate the efficacy of 11C-Pittsburgh B (PiB) positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) in the diagnosis of cardiac amyloidosis. The PiB compound has been promising for detection of amyloid deposits in the brain. A total of 22 consecutive patients were enr...