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Usefulness of 99mTc-HDP scintigraphy in the diagnosis of suspected cardiac amyloidosis revealed by heart failure: A case report of an amyloidogenic transthyretin mutation and literature review
Geraldine Celine Bera1, Lavinia Vija2, Pierre Jean Fouret3, Nathanaëlle Yeni4
1MD, University Medical Assistante, Department of Nuclear Medicine, AP-HP Hospital La Pitié-Salpêtrière, 47-83 Bd de l'hôpital 75651 Paris Cedex 13 France and Departement of Biophysic UPMC Paris VI, 91 Bd de l'hôpital 75651 Paris Cedex 13, France.
2MD. Ph.D, Practitioner Attached, Department of Nuclear Medicine and Biophysic, AP-HP Hospital Le Kremlin-Bicêtre 78 rue du Général Leclerc 94275 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre Paris Cedex, France.
3MD, Professor at Department of Pathology and UPMC Paris VI, AP-HP Hospital La Pitié-Salpêtrière, 47-83 Bd de l'hôpital 75651 Paris Cedex 13, France.
4MD, Contractual Hospital Practitioner, Department of Nuclear Medicine, AP-HP Hospital La Pitié-Salpêtrière, 47-83 Bd de l'hôpital 75651 Paris Cedex 13 France and Departement of Biophysic UPMC Paris VI, 91 Bd de l'hôpital 75651 Paris Cedex 13, France.

doi:10.5348/ijcri-201525-CL-10080

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Bera GC, Vija L, Fouret PJ, Yeni N. Usefulness of 99mTc-HDP scintigraphy in the diagnosis of suspected cardiac amyloidosis revealed by heart failure: A case report of an amyloidogenic transthyretin mutation. Int J Case Rep Images 2015;6(9):596–599.


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Author Contributions
Geraldine Celine Bera – Substantial contributions to conception and design, Analysis and interpretation of data, Drafting the article, Final approval of the version to be published
Lavinia Vija – Substantial contributions to conception and design, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published
Pierre Jean Fouret – Acquisition of data, Analysis and interpretation of data, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published
Nathanaëlle Yeni – Analysis and interpretation of data, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published
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