Non-cardiac uptake of technetium-99m pyrophosphate in transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis. 2019

Brett W Sperry, and Matthew H Gonzalez, and Richard Brunken, and Manuel D Cerqueira, and Mazen Hanna, and Wael A Jaber
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Heart and Vascular Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Desk J1-5, Cleveland, OH, 44195, USA.

Technetium-based bone scintigraphy is rapidly becoming the most common non-invasive imaging tool in the diagnosis of Transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis (ATTR). Skeletal muscle uptake has been described with technetium-99m-3,3-diphosphono-1,2-propanodicarboxylic acid (TcDPD), and may account for masking of bony uptake. We sought to investigate skeletal muscle uptake of technetium-99m-pyrophosphate (TcPYP) in patients with ATTR. This was a retrospective analysis of 57 patients diagnosed with ATTR who underwent TcPYP scintigraphy. Cardiac uptake was assessed on whole-body planar imaging using a semiquantitative scale (grades 0 to 3) and on single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) with CT attenuation correction using total myocardial counts per voxel after a 3-hour incubation. Skeletal muscle (psoas and biceps), vertebral body, LV myocardium, and blood pool mean counts were calculated. In the cohort (age 78 ± 9 years, 77% male, and 30% hereditary ATTR), there was no visualized tracer uptake in skeletal muscle or soft tissue on qualitative SPECT assessment. Total and blood pool-corrected uptake in the muscle groups were significantly less than myocardium and bone (P < 0.001). Blood pool-corrected muscle uptake was not associated with semiquantitative grade 3 vs 2 uptake (psoas P = 0.66, biceps P = 0.13) or presence of hereditary ATTR (psoas P = 0.43, biceps P = 0.69). As bony uptake decreased, there was no corresponding increase in skeletal muscle uptake. In patients with ATTR cardiac amyloidosis, skeletal muscle uptake of TcPYP is minimal when assessed by qualitative and quantitative metrics, and is not significantly different in patients with grade 2 vs 3 semiquantitative uptake. The properties of this tracer may be different than TcDPD with respect to non-cardiac uptake.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D011756 Diphosphates Inorganic salts of phosphoric acid that contain two phosphate groups. Diphosphate,Pyrophosphate Analog,Pyrophosphates,Pyrophosphate Analogs,Analog, Pyrophosphate
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000368 Aged A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available. Elderly
D000369 Aged, 80 and over Persons 80 years of age and older. Oldest Old
D001706 Biopsy Removal and pathologic examination of specimens from the living body. Biopsies
D012189 Retrospective Studies Studies used to test etiologic hypotheses in which inferences about an exposure to putative causal factors are derived from data relating to characteristics of persons under study or to events or experiences in their past. The essential feature is that some of the persons under study have the disease or outcome of interest and their characteristics are compared with those of unaffected persons. Retrospective Study,Studies, Retrospective,Study, Retrospective
D013667 Technetium The first artificially produced element and a radioactive fission product of URANIUM. Technetium has the atomic symbol Tc, and atomic number 43. All technetium isotopes are radioactive. Technetium 99m (m Technetium 99m,99m, Technetium

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