New application of myocardial antimyosin scintigraphy: diagnosis of myocardial disease in polymyositis.
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.
Le Guludec
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Service de Médecine Nucléaire, Hôpital Bichat, Paris, France.
Lhote
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Weinmann
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Royer
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Jarrousse
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Caillat-Vigneron
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Guillevin
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Moretti
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D000368:Aged; D001323:Autoantibodies; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000032:analysis; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006321:Heart / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007205:Indium Radioisotopes; D008297:Male; D009218:Myosins / Q000032:analysis / Q000276:immunology; D004369:Pentetic Acid; D017285:Polymyositis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging
D001323:Autoantibodies; D015415:Biomarkers; D007205:Indium Radioisotopes; D004369:Pentetic Acid; D009218:Myosins