title: [Peripartum cardiomyopathy with normal endomyocardial biopsy and positive antimyosin-In 111 study for myocarditis].
abstract: Peripartum cardiomyopathy is a rare manifestation of heart disease which accounts for less than 1% of the cardiovascular problems associated to pregnancy, with a variable incidence of myocarditis ranging from 29 to 100%. We present a patient with peripartum cardiomyopathy in whom endomyocardial biopsy was normal, but the studies with anti-myosin antibodies suggested the presence of myocarditis. Clinical signs and controversies between anatomopathologic and isotopic studies are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid.
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Navarro González
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: de la Calle Reviriego
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jiménez Mena
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000906:Antibodies; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007205:Indium Radioisotopes; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D009218:Myosins / Q000276:immunology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011249:Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies; D007205:Indium Radioisotopes; D009218:Myosins
vernacular_title: Miocardiopatía periparto con biopsia endomiocárdica normal y estudio con antimiosina-In 111 positivo para miocarditis.