New application of myocardial antimyosin scintigraphy: diagnosis of myocardial disease in polymyositis.
- 1 March 1993
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Elsevier in Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
- Vol. 52 (3) , 235-238
- https://doi.org/10.1136/ard.52.3.235
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.Keywords
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