Scintigraphy false-positive results for cardiac amyloidosis in a patient with Danon disease.

Common diagnostic approach in patients with suspected cardiac amyloidosis includes cardiac magnetic resonance imaging and scintigraphy. We report the first clinical case of false-positive results of scintigraphy in a patient with Danon disease.

Prediction of features of the course of chronic hepatitis C using Bayesian networks.

Materials And Methods: 253 patients with chronic hepatitis C (CHC) and liver cirrhosis were included in the study. Assessment of gene polymorphisms of genes involved in inflammatory reactions and antiviral immunity (IL-1β-511C/T, IL-10 -1082G/A, IL28B C/T, IL28B T/G, TNF-α -238G/A, TGF-β -915G/C, IL-6 -174G/C), activators of local hepatic fibrosis (AGT G-6A, AGT 235 M/T, ATR1 1166 A/C), hemochromatosis (HFE C282Y, HFE H63D), platelet receptors (ITGA2 807 C/T, ITGB3 1565 T/C), coagulation proteins and endothelial dysfunction (FII 20210 G/A, FV 1691G/A, FVII 10976 G/A, FXIII 103 G/T, eNOS 894 G/T, CYBA 242 C/T, FBG -455 G/A, PAI-675 5G/4G, MTHFR 677 C/T) was carried. Using Bayesian networks we studied the predictor value of clinical and laboratory factors for the following conditions - end points (EP): development of cirrhosis (EP1), fibrosis rate (EP2), presence of portal hypertension (EP3) and cryoglobulins (EP4).