title: New application of myocardial antimyosin scintigraphy: diagnosis of myocardial disease in polymyositis.
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.
authors: Service de Médecine Nucléaire, Hôpital Bichat, Paris, France.
authors: D
authors: D
authors: Le Guludec
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Lhote
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Weinmann
authors: I
authors: I
authors: Royer
authors: B
authors: B
authors: Jarrousse
authors: N
authors: N
authors: Caillat-Vigneron
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Guillevin
authors: J L
authors: JL
authors: Moretti
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D001323:Autoantibodies; D015415:Biomarkers; D007205:Indium Radioisotopes; D004369:Pentetic Acid; D009218:Myosins