18F-florbetaben whole-body PET/MRI for evaluation of systemic amyloid deposition

EJNMMI Research

Table 2 Imaging characteristics of patients with myocardial amyloidosis

	Patient 1	Patient 2	Patient 5^a	Patient 7	Patient 9
Echocardiography	Moderate concentric LVH with echo-texture suspicious for amyloid	Moderate concentric LVH	Moderate concentric LVH	Moderate concentric LVH with echo-texture suspicious for amyloid	Moderate LVH with echo-texture suspicious for amyloid
Cardiac MRI	N/A	BH with extensive sub-endocardial delayed enhancement consistent with CA	N/A	N/A	N/A
¹⁸F-florbetaben PET/MRI	Elevated early and delayed uptake in LV	Elevated early and delayed uptake in LV	Elevated early and delayed uptake in LV	Elevated early and delayed uptake in LV	Elevated early and delayed uptake in LV

LVH left ventricular hypertrophy, BH biventricular hypertrophy, CA cardiac amyloidosis, LV left ventricle, N/A not available
^aMyocardial involvement was proven by biopsy