New application of myocardial antimyosin scintigraphy: diagnosis of myocardial disease in polymyositis.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
Heart disease is a rare but important complication of polymyositis. Diagnosis of myocardial disease is usually based on non-specific clinical, electrocardiographic, and echocardiographic data. This paper reports a case of polymyositis with myocardial disease diagnosed by myocardial imaging with radiolabelled antibody to myosin, a specific marker of the necrotic myocardial fibre.
Medical subject headings
- Cardiomyopathies
- Heart
- Polymyositis