Presentation
History of essential hypertension and type II diabetes mellitus.
Patient Data
Age: 70 years
Gender: Male
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Diffuse radiotracer uptake is seen throughout the left ventricular myocardium.
Quantitation of cardiac radiotracer uptake using heart to contralateral lung (H/CL) ratio is 1.74.
Case Discussion
This is a case of transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis as seen on a Tc-99m pyrophosphate study, The heart to contralateral lung (H/CL) ratio was 1.74, where a H/CL ratio >1.5 is determined to be "strongly suggestive".
Co-author:
Ciara Dobrowolski
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