In:
PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science (PLoS), Vol. 17, No. 6 ( 2022-6-13), p. e0269807-
Abstract:
While patients with cardiac transthyretin amyloidosis are easily diagnosed with bone scintigraphy, the detection of cardiac light chain (AL) amyloidosis is challenging. Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) analyses play an essential role in the differential diagnosis of cardiomyopathies; however, limited data are available from cardiac AL-Amyloidosis. Hence, the purpose of the present study was to analyze the potential role of CMR in the detection of cardiac AL-amyloidosis. Methods We included 35 patients with proved cardiac AL-amyloidosis and two control groups constituted by 330 patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) and 70 patients with arterial hypertension (HT), who underwent CMR examination. The phenotype and degree of left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy and the amount and pattern of late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) were evaluated. In addition, global and regional LV strain parameters were also analyzed using feature-tracking techniques. Sensitivity and specificity of several CMR parameters were analyzed in diagnosing cardiac AL-amyloidosis. Results The sensitivity and specificity of diffuse septal subendocardial LGE in diagnosing cardiac AL-amyloidosis was 88% and 100%, respectively. Likewise, the sensitivity and specificity of septal myocardial nulling prior to blood pool was 71% and 100%, respectively. In addition, a LV end-diastolic septal wall thickness ≥ 15 mm had an optimal diagnostic performance to differentiate cardiac AL-amyloidosis from HT (sensitivity 91%, specificity 89%). On the other hand, a reduced global LV longitudinal strain ( 〈 15%) plus apical sparing (apex-to-base longitudinal strain 〉 2) had a very low sensitivity (6%) in detecting AL-Amyloidosis, but with very high specificity (100%). Conclusions The findings from this study suggest that CMR could have an optimal diagnostic performance in the diagnosis of cardiac AL-amyloidosis. Hence, further larger studies are warranted to validate the findings from this study.
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Online Resource
ISSN:
1932-6203
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Language:
English
Publisher:
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Publication Date:
2022
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