Inflammatory Fabry cardiomyopathy demonstrated using simultaneous hybridised 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography, cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging

Christopher Orsborne, Jose M. Anton-Rodrigez, Neal Sherratt, Amy Watkins, Maelene Lohezic, David Clark, William Lloyd, Josephine Naish, Peter Woolfson, Anna Reid, Matthias Schmitt, Sivakumar Muthu, Parthiban Arumugam, Ana Jovanovic, Christopher Miller

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Abstract

Using hybridised 18FDG-PET-CMR, we identify active myocardial inflammation, and demonstrate its relationship with late gadolinium enhancement, in Fabry disease. We demonstrate that LGE represents, at least in part, active myocardial inflammation, and identify an early inflammatory phenotype which may represent a therapeutic window before irreversible tissue injury and adaptation occurs.
Original languageEnglish
JournalJACC: Case Reports
Publication statusAccepted/In press - 7 Apr 2023

Keywords

  • Fabry disease
  • cardiovascular magnetic resonance
  • 18fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography
  • myocardial inflammation
  • myocardial fibrosis

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