[Skeletal myopathy associated with concomitant use of statin and cyclosporin in a heart transplant patient - case report].
62-year-old woman after heart transplantation due to congestive heart failure of ischemic origin with history of hyperlipidemia was treated with cyclosporin and statin. Concomitant use of these agents caused clinical and biochemical symptoms of skeletal myopathy. After statin withdrawal the symptoms of myopathy disappeared.
Wolszakiewicz
Jadwiga
J
Klinika Rehabilitacji Kardiologicznej Instytutu Kardiologii, Warszawa, Poland.
Bilińska
Maria
M
Wołkanin-Bartnik
Jolanta
J
Piotrowicz
Ryszard
R
Miopatia zwiazana ze stosowaniem statyny wraz z cyklosporyna po transplantacji serca.