title: Idiopathic restrictive cardiomyopathy with diffuse perimyocytic fibrosis--a rare observation.
abstract: Idiopathic restrictive cardiomyopathy (RCM) is rare. Even today little is understood of its etiology or underlying mechanisms, and definitive diagnostic criteria are lacking. In this report, we describe a case of idiopathic RCM in a young Japanese woman who died while awaiting cardiac transplantation during the 5-year course of the disease. Rare pathologic findings of diffuse perimyocytic fibrosis were revealed at autopsy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Sakakibara Heart Institute, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ohtaki
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Murai
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Imai
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kawai
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kitaoka
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kitahara
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Okada
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Suzuki
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002313:Cardiomyopathy, Restrictive / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D005355:Fibrosis; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology*