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ReviewNature reviews. Cardiology2020

Diagnostic imaging of cardiac amyloidosis.

Ana Martinez-Naharro, A John Baksi, Philip N Hawkins, Marianna Fontana

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In one paragraph

Review in Nature reviews. Cardiology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05442203 (Electrocardiogram-based Artificial Intelligence-assisted Detection of Heart Disease), which is not on this map. Cited by 83 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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83citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT05442203 naunknown statusnot on this mapstarted 2022, after this paper: background citation

Electrocardiogram-based Artificial Intelligence-assisted Detection of Heart Disease

TypeinterventionalSponsorTempus AIRan2022 to 2025Enrolled1,000ConditionsAtrial Fibrillation, Structural Heart DiseaseArmsZio Patch Monitor, Echocardiogram
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

83 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 174 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Imaging Advances in Light Chain Amyloidosis.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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  9. Significance of regional myocardialThe international journal of cardiovascular imaging · 2026
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  19. Skin Biopsy as a Diagnostic Tool for ATTRv Amyloid Neuropathy in the UK.Journal of the peripheral nervous system : JPNS · 2025
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23 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ana Martinez-NaharroNational Amyloidosis Centre, Division of Medicine, University College London, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3595-6988
A John BaksiRoyal Brompton Hospital, London, UK.
Philip N HawkinsNational Amyloidosis Centre, Division of Medicine, University College London, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK.
Marianna FontanaNational Amyloidosis Centre, Division of Medicine, University College London, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK. m.fontana@ucl.ac.uk.
The Royal Free Hospital · GBRoyal Brompton Hospital · GB

Funding

British Heart Foundation FS/18/21/33447
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Systemic amyloidosis encompasses a debilitating, under-diagnosed but increasingly recognized group of disorders characterized by the extracellular deposition of misfolded proteins in one or more organs. Cardiac amyloid deposition leads to an infiltrative or restrictive cardiomyopathy and is the major contributor to poor prognosis in patients with systemic amyloidosis. In total, >30 proteins can form amyloid fibrils, but the two main types of amyloid that can infiltrate the heart are monoclonal immunoglobulin light-chain amyloid and transthyretin amyloid. Cardiac amyloidosis can be acquired in older individuals or inherited from birth. Given the nonspecific symptoms of these disorders, a high index of suspicion is paramount in making the correct diagnosis, which can involve the use of non-invasive imaging methods such as echocardiography, bone scintigraphy and cardiovascular MRI. In the past decade, the use of cardiovascular MRI with tissue characterization and bone scintigraphy to diagnose cardiac amyloidosis has revolutionized our understanding of the disease, leading to changes in patient care. However, a need remains for improved awareness and expertise, and greater clinical suspicion, because the initial clues provided by electrocardiography and echocardiography might not be typical. With specific treatments now available, timely diagnosis of cardiac amyloidosis is more important than ever. In this Review, we discuss the current and novel approaches for the diagnostic imaging of cardiac amyloidosis.

Indexed as

AmyloidosisEchocardiographyHeart DiseasesHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingRadionuclide Imaging

Identifiers

PMID32042139
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