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Pyrophosphate (PYP) scintigraphy provides high diagnostic accuracy for the detection of transthyretin (ATTR) cardiac amyloidosis (CA). There has recently been emerging interest in using 18F-sodium fluoride (NaF) for this application, yet its sensitivity has never been directly compared to that of PYP, the current molecular gold standard METHODS Twelve subjects with ATTR-CA and 5 controls referred for PYP-SPECT were prospectively enrolled. 18F-NaF PET/CT scans were performed at 1 and 3 hours. Qualitative and quantitative analyses of th