Volume 114, Nº 4, Supplement, April 2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36660/abc.20180077
CASE REPORT
Transthyretin Amyloidosis (ATTR) - The Role of Multimodality in the Definitive Diagnosis
Tonnison de Oliveira Silva
Eduardo Saad Darzé
Luiz Eduardo Fonteles Ritt
André Luiz Cerqueira Almeida
Antônio Ximenes
Figure 1 – 1-A) Strain echocardiography showing classic apical sparing. 1-B) MRI with diffuse heterogeneous left ventricular late enhancement (arrows on the left) and diffuse increase in LV thickness (arrow on the right). 1-C) Result of genetic study showing valine to isoleucine mutation (VAL142IIe).
Keywords: Amyloidosis/complications; Prealbumin; Cardiomyopathy,Restrictive; Endomyocardial Fibrosis; Hypertension; Heart Failure; Diagnostic Imaging.