Multi-modality imaging of cardiac amyloidosis: Contemporary update

• 作者: Bo Xu Ossama K Abou Hassan Tom Kai Ming Wang Wael Jaber
• 来源期刊: 世界放射学杂志:英文版(电子版)
• 学科: 医学
• 关键词: Cardiac amyloidosis ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging Nuclear imaging
• 年，卷（期）: 2020,（6）
• 页码范围: 87-100
• 页数: 14页
• 分类号: R541

摘要

Cardiac amyloidosis is a heterogeneous and challenging diagnostic disease with poor prognosis that is now being altered by introduction of new therapies.Echocardiography remains the first-line imaging tool, and when disease is suspected on echocardiography, cardiac magnetic resonance imaging and nuclear imaging play critical roles in the non-invasive diagnosis and evaluation of cardiac amyloidosis. Advances in multi-modality cardiac imaging allowing earlier diagnosis and initiation of novel therapies have significantly improved the outcomes in these patients. Cardiac imaging also plays important roles in the risk stratification of patients presenting with cardiac amyloidosis. In the current review, we provide a clinical and imaging focused update, and importantly outline the imaging protocols, diagnostic and prognostic utility of multimodality cardiac imaging in the assessment of cardiac amyloidosis.