Abstract
Background Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) has become a cornerstone in the diagnosis of cardiac amyloid infiltration, not only due to the presence of typical post-contrast delayed enhancement but also because of accurate morphological characteritization. The aim of this study is to describe morphological features of cardiac amyloidosis by CMR and to establish their diagnostic accuracy. Methods Consecutive patients referred for CMR for possible cardiac amyloidosis were retrospectively evaluated. The final diagnosis of cardiac amyloidosis was established in presence of a positive cardiac biopsy and/or a typical pattern of diffuse, predominantly subendocardial, delayed contrast enhancement. Indexed left ventricular (LV) and right ventricular (RV) volumes and ejection fractions, LV mass, LV basal anteroseptal and inferolateral end-diasto-
Highlights
Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) has become a cornerstone in the diagnosis of cardiac amyloid infiltration, due to the presence of typical post-contrast delayed enhancement and because of accurate morphological characteritization.The aim of this study is to describe morphological features of cardiac amyloidosis by CMR and to establish their diagnostic accuracy
Consecutive patients referred for CMR for possible cardiac amyloidosis were retrospectively evaluated
The final diagnosis of cardiac amyloidosis was established in presence of a positive cardiac biopsy and/or a typical pattern of diffuse, predominantly subendocardial, delayed contrast enhancement
Summary
Revisiting morphological features of cardiac amyloid with cardiac magnetic resonance Eduardo Pozo*, Jose M Castellano, Rajiv Deochand, Anubhav Kanwar, Pablo Pazos, Ines Garcia-Lunar, Matthew D Cham, Adam Jacobi, Jagat Narula, Valentin Fuster, Javier Sanz. From 16th Annual SCMR Scientific Sessions San Francisco, CA, USA. From 16th Annual SCMR Scientific Sessions San Francisco, CA, USA. 31 January - 3 February 2013
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