The latest edition of Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia has brought us the publication of the Position Statement on Diagnosis and Treatment of Cardiac Amyloidosis by the DEIC/GEMIC/SBC. This document was the result of the collaborative efforts of many experts in the area, exponents of cardiology in Brazil, but it also included other specialists, such as neurologists, hematologists and nuclear physicians. […]

When to solicit cardiac scintigraphy with bone markers? In view of the aspects mentioned above, it is important for investigation of the specific form of ATTR-CA, using bone marker scintigraphy, to begin after 2 key preliminary steps: 1. establishing high clinical suspicion of the presence of CA and 2. ruling out the presence of immunoglobulin light chains, which would lead us to diagnosis of AL-CA. It is fundamental to establish high clinical suspicion, given that negative scintigraphy does not rule […]