RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Cardiac involvement in polymyositis: a case report and review of the literature
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 89
OP 91
VO 51
IS 1
A1 N. V. Ramana Raju
A1 Neil Hart
A1 James Maloney
A1 Adnan Zaidi
A1 Kenneth Adams
YR 1984
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/51/1/89.abstract
AB Cardiac involvement in polymyositis has recently been found to be more prevalent than had been believed, and its clinical spectrum to be wide and variable. Recent studies suggest that cardiac abnormalities are seen in approximately 75% of patients with polymyositis. The usual manifestations are congestive heart failure, arrhythmias, heart blocks, and electrocardiographic abnormalities. This case report describes the diagnosis and clinical course of cardiac polymyositis in a 57-year-old woman.