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Revista Española de Medicina Nuclear e Imagen Molecular (English Edition) Role of [99mTc]Tc-DPD gated-SPECT-CT in the assessment of myocardial uptake patt...
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Vol. 44. Issue 3.
(May - June 2025)
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Role of [99mTc]Tc-DPD gated-SPECT-CT in the assessment of myocardial uptake patterns in transthyretin amyloidosis (TTR-CA)
Papel del [99mTc]Tc-DPD gated-SPECT-TC en la evaluación de los patrones de captación miocárdica de la amiloidosis por transtiretina (AC-TTR)
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F. Sebastián Palacida,
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, N. Álvarez Menaa, M. García Aragóna, R.d.C. Zambrano Infantinoa, B.M. Jaramillo Lópeza, J. Gómez Hidalgoa, B. Pérez Lópeza, M.P. Redondo del Ríob, R. Ruano Péreza
a Servicio de Medicina Nuclear, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain
b Departamento de Pediatría, Inmunología, Obstetricia y Ginecología, Nutrición y Bromatología, Psiquiatría e Historia de la Ciencia, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain
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Table 1. Distribution of the patient sample based on the Perugini visual scale, sex, age and the left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF).
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Table 2. Results obtained in the quantification of the polar maps based on the grade of uptake of [99mTc]Tc-DPD, patient sex or the LVEF.
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Purpose

To evaluate the feasibility of identifying various distribution patterns of [99mTc]Tc-DPD in patients with cardiac transthyretin amyloidosis using gated SPECT-CT.

Materials and methods

Gated SPECT-CT was performed in patients with a positive scintigraphy result for cardiac amyloidosis due to transthyretin (TTR-CA). Patients were categorized into several groups based on sex, degree of radiopharmaceutical uptake according to the Perugini’s visual scale and ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF). Cardiac polar maps were obtained using Emory Cardiac Toolbox™ software and scored by segments according to radiopharmaceutical uptake on a scale from 0 (no uptake) to 4 (very high uptake intensity). The Mann-Whitney U and Pearson's Chi-square statistical tests were employed to identify significant differences in distribution patterns according to the different variables under study.

Results

65 patients were evaluated. The gender variable determined the main statistically significant differences, highlighting distinct distribution patterns of the radiopharmaceutical at the cardiac level: while women showed lower accumulation of [99mTc]Tc-DPD in the middle anterior (p=0.035) and basal anterior (p=0.001) segments, whereas men demonstrated higher accumulation in the basal anteroseptal (p=0.009) and basal inferoseptal (p=0.009) segments, and lower scores in the lateroapical segment (p=0.039).

Conclusions

Gated SPECT-CT is an essential tool for assessing the distribution pattern of [99mTc]Tc-DPD of patients with TTR-CA, offering valuable insights into the pathophysiology of the disease.

Keywords:
Amyloidosis
Transthyretin
g-SPECT/CT
[99mTc]Tc-DPD
Polar maps
Uptake pattern
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Objetivo

Evaluar si es factible identificar diversos patrones de distribución de [99mTc]Tc-DPD en pacientes con amilodosis cardiaca por transtiretina, utilizando gated SPECT-TC.

Materiales y métodos

Se realizó gated SPECT-TC a pacientes con resultado gammagráfico positivo para amiloidosis cardiaca por transtiretina (AC-TTR). Los pacientes se clasificaron en varios grupos en función del sexo, el grado de captación del radiofármaco según la escala visual de Perugini y la fracción de eyección ventricular (FEVI). Utilizando el software Emory Cardiac Toolbox™ se obtuvieron mapas polares que asignaron una puntuación por segmentos basada en la captación del radiofármaco, que va de 0 (nula captación) a 4 (muy alta intensidad de captación). Se emplearon las pruebas estadísticas U de Mann-Whitney y Chi cuadrado de Pearson para determinar diferencias significativas en cuanto a los patrones de distribución en función de las diferentes variables a estudio.

Resultados

Se analizaron 65 pacientes. La variable sexo determinó las principales diferencias estadísticamente significativas, apreciándose diferentes patrones de distribución del radiofármaco a nivel cardiaco. Las mujeres presentaron menor acúmulo de [99mTc]Tc-DPD en los segmentos anterior medio (p=0,035) y anterior basal (p=0,001) mientras que los varones mostraron mayor acúmulo en los segmentos anteroseptal basal (p=0,009) e inferoseptal basal (p=0,009), así como un menor score en el segmento lateroapical (p=0,039).

Conclusiones

El gated SPECT-TC es una herramienta determinante en la evaluación del patrón de distribución que adopta el [99mTc]Tc-DPD a nivel miocárdico en pacientes con AC-TTR, lo que facilita la comprensión de la fisiopatología de la enfermedad.

Palabras clave:
Amiloidosis
Transtiretina
Gated-SPECT/TC
[99mTc]Tc-DPD
Mapas polares
Patrón de captación

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