Diagnostic and prognostic value of Technetium-99m pyrophosphate uptake quantitation for transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis. 2021

Robert J H Miller, and Sebastien Cadet, and Darren Mah, and Payam Pournazari, and Denise Chan, and Nowell M Fine, and Daniel S Berman, and Piotr J Slomka
Department of Cardiac Sciences, University of Calgary, GAA08, 3230 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 2T9, Canada. robert.miller@albertahealthservices.ca.

99mTc-pyrophosphate imaging has emerged as an important non-invasive method to diagnose transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis (ATTR-CM). Quantitation of 99mTc-pyrophosphate activity, on SPECT images, could be a marker of ATTR-CM disease burden. We assessed the diagnostic accuracy and clinical significance of 99mTc-pyrophosphate quantitation. Patients who underwent 99mTc-pyrophosphate imaging for suspected ATTR-CM were included. Using SPECT images, radiotracer activity in the myocardium was calculated using cardiac pyrophosphate activity (CPA) and volume of involvement (VOI), with thresholds for abnormal activity derived from LVBP activity. Diagnostic accuracy was assessed using area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC). In total, 124 patients were identified, mean age 73.9 ± 11.4, with ATTR-CM diagnosed in 43 (34.7%) patients. CPA had the highest diagnostic accuracy (AUC .996, 95% CI .987-1.00), and was significantly higher compared to the Perugini score (AUC .952, P = .016). In patients with ATTR-CM, CPA was associated with reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (adjusted odds ratio 1.28, P = .035) and heart failure hospitalizations (adjusted hazard ratio 1.29, P = .006). Quantitative assessment of myocardial radiotracer activity with CPA or VOI have high diagnostic accuracy for ATTR-CM. Both measures are potential non-invasive markers to follow progression of disease or response to therapy.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D009202 Cardiomyopathies A group of diseases in which the dominant feature is the involvement of the CARDIAC MUSCLE itself. Cardiomyopathies are classified according to their predominant pathophysiological features (DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; RESTRICTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY) or their etiological/pathological factors (CARDIOMYOPATHY, ALCOHOLIC; ENDOCARDIAL FIBROELASTOSIS). Myocardial Disease,Myocardial Diseases,Myocardial Diseases, Primary,Myocardial Diseases, Secondary,Myocardiopathies,Primary Myocardial Disease,Cardiomyopathies, Primary,Cardiomyopathies, Secondary,Primary Myocardial Diseases,Secondary Myocardial Diseases,Cardiomyopathy,Cardiomyopathy, Primary,Cardiomyopathy, Secondary,Disease, Myocardial,Disease, Primary Myocardial,Disease, Secondary Myocardial,Diseases, Myocardial,Diseases, Primary Myocardial,Diseases, Secondary Myocardial,Myocardial Disease, Primary,Myocardial Disease, Secondary,Myocardiopathy,Primary Cardiomyopathies,Primary Cardiomyopathy,Secondary Cardiomyopathies,Secondary Cardiomyopathy,Secondary Myocardial Disease
D011237 Predictive Value of Tests In screening and diagnostic tests, the probability that a person with a positive test is a true positive (i.e., has the disease), is referred to as the predictive value of a positive test; whereas, the predictive value of a negative test is the probability that the person with a negative test does not have the disease. Predictive value is related to the sensitivity and specificity of the test. Negative Predictive Value,Positive Predictive Value,Predictive Value Of Test,Predictive Values Of Tests,Negative Predictive Values,Positive Predictive Values,Predictive Value, Negative,Predictive Value, Positive
D011379 Prognosis A prediction of the probable outcome of a disease based on a individual's condition and the usual course of the disease as seen in similar situations. Prognostic Factor,Prognostic Factors,Factor, Prognostic,Factors, Prognostic,Prognoses
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

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