New application of myocardial antimyosin scintigraphy: diagnosis of myocardial disease in polymyositis.
AUTOR(ES)
Le Guludec, D
RESUMO
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.
