[Peripartum cardiomyopathy with normal endomyocardial biopsy and positive antimyosin-In 111 study for myocarditis].
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.
Navarro González
J F
JF
Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid.
de la Calle Reviriego
J L
JL
Jiménez Mena
M
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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
D000906:Antibodies; D007205:Indium Radioisotopes; D009218:Myosins
Miocardiopatía periparto con biopsia endomiocárdica normal y estudio con antimiosina-In 111 positivo para miocarditis.