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Performance of 99m Tc-PYP scintigraphy in the diagnosis of hereditary transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis.
Annals of Nuclear Medicine 2024 January 23
OBJECTIVE: Most reported research has primarily investigated wild-type transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis (ATTRwt-CA). However, the application of bone scintigraphy for hereditary transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis (ATTRv-CA) has not been systematically investigated. Therefore, in this study, we aimed to evaluate the diagnostic value of 99m Tc-PYP scintigraphy in ATTRv-CA.
METHODS: Fifty-four patients were enrolled in a highly suspected cardiac amyloidosis cohort. Transthyretin (TTR) gene characteristics were summarized in the ATTRv-CA group. In 99m Tc-PYP scintigraphy, the diagnostic efficiency of the visual score (VGS) and heart-to-contralateral chest (H/CL) ratio were evaluated. Furthermore, the interobserver consistency among the diagnosticians was investigated.
RESULTS: Twenty-eight patients were diagnosed with ATTRv-CA with eight genotypes. The Ala97Ser genotype accounts for 46% (n = 13) with a mean age of disease onset, definite diagnosis, and interval of 61.6 ± 1.9, 66.5 ± 1.3, and 4.0 (3.0, 6.2) years, respectively. Their VGS is Grade 3, and their H/CL ratio is higher than that of the non-Ala97Ser group, but no statistical significance exists (mean H/CL: 1.95 ± 0.06 vs. 1.87 ± 0.02, p = 0.844). Additionally, ATTRv-CA patients showed VGS ≥ 2, and mean H/CL ratio of 2.09 ± 0.06. The sensitivity and specificity of VGS were 100% and 65%, respectively. And the interobserver consistency analysis of VGS showed the intraclass correlation coefficient is 0.522. The best cutoff value of H/CL ratio was 1.51 (AUC = 0.996), and the diagnostic consistency of H/CL (bias: 0.018) was high.
CONCLUSIONS: Ala97Ser is the most common genotype in ATTRv-CA in our cohort, with characteristics of later onset and rapid progression, but delayed diagnosis and extensive 99m Tc-PYP uptake. Overall, ATTRv-CA patients showed moderate-to-extensive myocardial 99m Tc-PYP uptake. Additionally, VGS carries subjectivity, low specialty and interobserver consistency. But H/CL exhibit high diagnostic efficacy and interobserver consistency. The H/CL ratio is more useful than VGS.
METHODS: Fifty-four patients were enrolled in a highly suspected cardiac amyloidosis cohort. Transthyretin (TTR) gene characteristics were summarized in the ATTRv-CA group. In 99m Tc-PYP scintigraphy, the diagnostic efficiency of the visual score (VGS) and heart-to-contralateral chest (H/CL) ratio were evaluated. Furthermore, the interobserver consistency among the diagnosticians was investigated.
RESULTS: Twenty-eight patients were diagnosed with ATTRv-CA with eight genotypes. The Ala97Ser genotype accounts for 46% (n = 13) with a mean age of disease onset, definite diagnosis, and interval of 61.6 ± 1.9, 66.5 ± 1.3, and 4.0 (3.0, 6.2) years, respectively. Their VGS is Grade 3, and their H/CL ratio is higher than that of the non-Ala97Ser group, but no statistical significance exists (mean H/CL: 1.95 ± 0.06 vs. 1.87 ± 0.02, p = 0.844). Additionally, ATTRv-CA patients showed VGS ≥ 2, and mean H/CL ratio of 2.09 ± 0.06. The sensitivity and specificity of VGS were 100% and 65%, respectively. And the interobserver consistency analysis of VGS showed the intraclass correlation coefficient is 0.522. The best cutoff value of H/CL ratio was 1.51 (AUC = 0.996), and the diagnostic consistency of H/CL (bias: 0.018) was high.
CONCLUSIONS: Ala97Ser is the most common genotype in ATTRv-CA in our cohort, with characteristics of later onset and rapid progression, but delayed diagnosis and extensive 99m Tc-PYP uptake. Overall, ATTRv-CA patients showed moderate-to-extensive myocardial 99m Tc-PYP uptake. Additionally, VGS carries subjectivity, low specialty and interobserver consistency. But H/CL exhibit high diagnostic efficacy and interobserver consistency. The H/CL ratio is more useful than VGS.
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