Multimodality Imaging in Cardiac Amyloidosis: Evidence Base and Standardized Methods of Imaging

Publication Date: July 1, 2021
Last Updated: March 14, 2022

Key Recommendations for Diagnosis: Cardiac Magnetic Resonance

Comprehensive CMR-based evaluation of cardiac structure, function, and myocardial tissue characterization is helpful for diagnosis of cardiac amyloidosis, particularly when echocardiographic findings are suggestive or indeterminate.

Key Recommendations for Diagnosis: Radionuclide Imaging

Myocardial imaging with 99mTc-PYP/DPD/HMDP, in the appropriate clinical context, is highly sensitive and specific to diagnose ATTR cardiac amyloidosis and may aid in its early detection.

Overview

Title

Multimodality Imaging in Cardiac Amyloidosis: Evidence Base and Standardized Methods of Imaging

Authoring Organizations

American Heart Association

American Society of Echocardiography

American Society of Nuclear Cardiology

Heart Failure Society of America

Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging