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Table 4 Heart-to-background uptake ratio according to the right ventricular (RV) uptake

From: Quantification of myocardial 99mTc-labeled bisphosphonate uptake with cadmium zinc telluride camera in patients with transthyretin-related cardiac amyloidosis

Heart-to-background ratio

No RV uptake

Positive RV uptake

p value

Whole-body

1.78 ± 0.41

2.17 ± 0.69

< 0.01

SPECT anterior projection

1.77 ± 0.31

2.03 ± 0.65

ns

SPECT LAO projection

1.95 ± 0.56

2.08 ± 0.68

< 0.05

SPECT 3D

3.46 ± 1.18

4.21 ± 1.82

< 0.05