ASNC/AHA/ASE/EANM/HFSA/ISA/SCMR/SNMMI Expert Consensus Recommendations for Multimodality Imaging in Cardiac Amyloidosis: Part 2 of 2—Diagnostic Criteria and Appropriate Utilization

• Published in: Journal of cardiac failure Vol. 25; no. 11; pp. 854 - 865
• Main Authors: Dorbala, Sharmila, Ando, Yukio, Bokhari, Sabahat, Dispenzieri, Angela, Falk, Rodney H., Ferrari, Victor A., Fontana, Marianna, Gheysens, Olivier, Gillmore, Julian D., Glaudemans, Andor W.J.M., Hanna, Mazen A., Hazenberg, Bouke P.C., Kristen, Arnt V., Kwong, Raymond Y., Maurer, Mathew S., Merlini, Giampaolo, Miller, Edward J., Moon, James C., Murthy, Venkatesh L., Quarta, C.Cristina, Rapezzi, Claudio, Ruberg, Frederick L., Shah, Sanjiv J., Slart, Riemer H.J.A., Verberne, Hein J., Bourque, Jamieson M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.11.2019
• Subjects: American Heart Association; Amyloidosis - diagnostic imaging; Amyloidosis - epidemiology; Amyloidosis - therapy; appropriate use; Cardiac amyloidosis; Cardiology - methods; Cardiology - standards; Cardiomyopathies - diagnostic imaging; Cardiomyopathies - epidemiology; Cardiomyopathies - therapy; Consensus; diagnosis; Echocardiography - methods; Echocardiography - standards; expert consensus; Heart Failure - diagnostic imaging; Heart Failure - epidemiology; Heart Failure - therapy; Humans; Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine - methods; Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine - standards; Molecular Imaging - methods; Molecular Imaging - standards; Multimodal Imaging - methods; Multimodal Imaging - standards; multimodality; Nuclear Medicine - methods; Nuclear Medicine - standards; Societies, Medical - standards; Tomography, X-Ray Computed - methods; Tomography, X-Ray Computed - standards; United States - epidemiology; United States; diagnosis; multimodality; expert consensus; Cardiac amyloidosis; appropriate use
• ISSN: 1071-9164; 1532-8414
• DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2019.08.002

Cardiac amyloidosis is emerging as an underdiagnosed cause of heart failure and mortality. Growing literature suggests that a noninvasive diagnosis of cardiac amyloidosis is now feasible. However, the diagnostic criteria and utilization of imaging in cardiac amyloidosis are not standardized. In this paper, Part 2 of a series, a panel of international experts from multiple societies define the diagnostic criteria for cardiac amyloidosis and appropriate utilization of echocardiography, cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging, and radionuclide imaging in the evaluation of patients with known or suspected cardiac amyloidosis.