Clinical characterization of patients with cardiac amyloidosis in a referral center of Colombia.

Objective: The objective of the study is to describe the characteristics of our first cohort of amyloidosis in a Latin America cardiovascular reference center in Colombia.

Methods: This is a historic cohort study and data were taken from the electronic records of the Fundación Cardioinfantil-Instituto de cardiología; adult patients with a diagnosis of cardiac amyloidosis were included and a descriptive analysis was presented.

Results: A total of 31 patients with amyloidosis were included.

Myocardial perfusion scintigraphy in the assessment of cardiovascular risk in adult liver transplantation.

Introduction: The non-invasive diagnostic study of cardiovascular risk in patients who are going to undergo liver transplantation is not clear, especially in asymptomatic patients. Regarding myocardial perfusion scintigraphy (MPS), it has been thought that the impaired vasodilator reserve in these patients may reduce its performance. The objective is to assess the role of the MPS in the pre-surgical evaluation of patients who are going to undergo liver transplantation.

Hepatobiliary Scintigraphy to Evaluate Biliary Complications of Pediatric Liver Transplantation: An Account of an Experience.

Introduction:  Hepatobiliary scintigraphy (HS) is a noninvasive imaging technique whose use in the follow-up of liver transplantation has not been duly documented. The main objective of this study is to describe the experience of using this technique to detect biliary complications in pediatric patients following liver transplantation.

Materials And Methods:  A retrospective, observational, and descriptive study involving 86 pediatric patients who had undergone liver transplantation between 2013 and 2018.

Hepatobiliary scintigraphy in the study of complications in adult patients after liver transplant. Description of the experience.

Objective: To show the experience of the use of hepatobiliary scintigraphy in patients with suspected complications after liver transplantation in a high complexity centre.

Material And Method: Retrospective, observational and descriptive study. All consecutive adult patients with liver transplantation between January 2013 and February 2018 were included, with one or more hepatobiliary scintigraphy during the early or late postoperative period.

Usefulness of scintigraphy with labelled leucocytes and SPECT/CT in vascular graft infection.

Vascular graft infections are a rare complication in this type of procedure. However, when they do occur, they usually have high morbidity, and even a high mortality. Proper identification and location is crucial for the appropriate and early management, whether medical or surgical, thus knowledge of the right tools is paramount.