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Patients undergoing surgery for lumbar spinal stenosis will have biopsies of the ligamentum flavum sent to the department of pathology for histologic screening.
If the ligament biopsy contains amyloid, patients will receive an echocardiogram, an ecg, biomarker testing, and a bone tracer scintigraphy diagnostic of cardiac amyloidosis.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
|---|---|---|---|
| Study group | Experimental | Patients undergoing surgery for lumbar spinal stenosis. Patients will have a biopsy taken from the ligamentum flavum and test for the presence of amyloid. Patients with amyloid in the ligamentum flavum will be referred for a DPD scintigraphy. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DPD scintigraphy | Diagnostic Test | Bone tracer scintigraphy, diagnostic for transthyretin cardiac amyloidsis |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| Diagnosis of cardiac amyloidosis | DPD scintigraphy with a Perugini Grade 2 og higher. | 1 year |
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Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
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| Name | Role | Phone | Extension | |
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| Bertil Ladefoged | Contact | 40927245 | berlad@rm.dk |
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| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Department of Cardiology, Aarhus University Hospital | Recruiting | Aarhus N | 8200 | Denmark |
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| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D028227 | Amyloid Neuropathies, Familial |
| D013130 | Spinal Stenosis |
| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D020271 | Heredodegenerative Disorders, Nervous System |
| D019636 | Neurodegenerative Diseases |
| D009422 | Nervous System Diseases |
| D017772 | Amyloid Neuropathies |
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| D010523 | Peripheral Nervous System Diseases |
| D009468 | Neuromuscular Diseases |
| D030342 | Genetic Diseases, Inborn |
| D009358 | Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities |
| D028226 | Amyloidosis, Familial |
| D008661 | Metabolism, Inborn Errors |
| D008659 | Metabolic Diseases |
| D009750 | Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases |
| D000686 | Amyloidosis |
| D057165 | Proteostasis Deficiencies |
| D013122 | Spinal Diseases |
| D001847 | Bone Diseases |
| D009140 | Musculoskeletal Diseases |