Peripartum cardiomyopathy with normal endomyocardial biopsy and positive antimyosin-In 111 study for myocarditis

Peripartum cardiomyopathy is a rare manifestation of heart disease which accounts for less than 1% of the cardiovascular problems associated to pregnancy, with a variable incidence of myocarditis ranging from 29 to 100%. We present a patient with peripartum cardiomyopathy in whom endomyocardial biop...

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Published inAnales de medicina interna (Madrid, Spain : 1984) Vol. 9; no. 3; p. 129
Main Authors Navarro González, J F, de la Calle Reviriego, J L, Jiménez Mena, M
Format Journal Article
LanguageSpanish
Published Spain 01.03.1992
Subjects
Adult
Antibodies
Cardiomyopathies - diagnostic imaging
Cardiomyopathies - pathology
Female
Humans
Indium Radioisotopes
Myocarditis - diagnostic imaging
Myocarditis - pathology
Myosins - immunology
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular - diagnostic imaging
Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular - pathology
Radionuclide Imaging
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Summary:Peripartum cardiomyopathy is a rare manifestation of heart disease which accounts for less than 1% of the cardiovascular problems associated to pregnancy, with a variable incidence of myocarditis ranging from 29 to 100%. We present a patient with peripartum cardiomyopathy in whom endomyocardial biopsy was normal, but the studies with anti-myosin antibodies suggested the presence of myocarditis. Clinical signs and controversies between anatomopathologic and isotopic studies are discussed.
ISSN:0212-7199