Prevalence and significance of extracardiac uptake on pyrophosphate imaging in the SCAN-MP study: the first 379 cases.
Chan N, Einstein A, Griffin J, Rosenblum H, Teruya S, Cuomo M, De Los Santos J, DeLuca A, Johnson L, Kinkhabwala M, Leb J, Mintz A, Fine D, Helmke S, Muralidhar V, Pandey S, Sabogal N, Saith S, Winburn M, Smiley D, Miller E, Ruberg F, Maurer M. Prevalence and significance of extracardiac uptake on pyrophosphate imaging in the SCAN-MP study: the first 379 cases. Journal Of Nuclear Cardiology 2023, 30: 2531-2539. PMID: 38245059, DOI: 10.1007/s12350-023-03310-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTc-99m PYP uptakeExtracardiac uptakeATTR-CACardiac amyloidosisClinically actionable findingsDiagnose transthyretin cardiac amyloidosisTc-99Transthyretin cardiac amyloidosisBone uptakeTime of scanningBreast uptakeTc-99m PYP imagingThyroid uptakeHeart failureBlack raceRenal uptakeNuclear imagingPyrophosphate imagingTechnetium pyrophosphateHispanic ethnicityHispanic participantsNuclear scintigraphyMinority populationsClinicSelf-identifyClinical Penetrance of the Transthyretin V122I Variant in Older Black Patients With Heart Failure: The SCAN‐MP (Screening for Cardiac Amyloidosis With Nuclear Imaging in Minority Populations) Study
Madhani A, Sabogal N, Massillon D, Paul L, Rodriguez C, Fine D, Helmke S, Winburn M, Kurian D, Raiszadeh F, Teruya S, Cohn E, Einstein A, Miller E, Connors L, Maurer M, Ruberg F. Clinical Penetrance of the Transthyretin V122I Variant in Older Black Patients With Heart Failure: The SCAN‐MP (Screening for Cardiac Amyloidosis With Nuclear Imaging in Minority Populations) Study. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2023, 12: e028973. PMID: 37486082, PMCID: PMC10492994, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.122.028973.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsATTR-CMHeart failurePrealbumin concentrationsLeft ventricular wall thicknessPhenotypic penetranceHereditary ATTR-CMOlder black patientsAdvanced heart failureV122I variantVentricular wall thicknessProspective multisite studyYears of ageBlack individualsPyrophosphate imagingEchocardiographic parametersUnderdiagnosed causeBlack patientsSelf-identified Black individualsHF controlsClinical penetrancePrevalenceHispanic individualsMultisite studyBlack participantsPatients