Advances in PET-Based Cardiac Amyloid Radiotracers
Gallegos C, Miller EJ. Advances in PET-Based Cardiac Amyloid Radiotracers. Current Cardiology Reports 2020, 22: 40. PMID: 32430600, DOI: 10.1007/s11886-020-01284-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPositron emission tomographyCardiac amyloidosisAmyloid depositionAmyloid radiotracersCardiac amyloid depositionCare of patientsTransthyretin cardiac amyloidosisCardiac imaging techniquesCongo red stainingPurpose of ReviewWeNovel positron emission tomographyEndomyocardial biopsyImaging featuresAmyloid depositsUnmet needInvasive methodEmission tomographyAmyloidosisGold standardAdditive valueRed stainingBiopsyFurther dataDiagnosisRecent studies