Extensive Cardiac Involvement in a Young Woman With Polymyositis: The Devil Behind the Curtain Unmasked by a Multimodality Imaging Approach

Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2019 Dec;12(12):e009758. doi: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.119.009758. Epub 2019 Nov 26.
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Keywords: acute coronary syndrome; chest pain; dyslipidaemia; echocardiography; polymyositis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Video-Audio Media

MeSH terms

  • Acute Coronary Syndrome / diagnostic imaging*
  • Adult
  • Biopsy
  • Cardiovascular Agents / therapeutic use
  • Diagnostic Errors
  • Echocardiography, Doppler, Color
  • Female
  • Heart Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
  • Heart Diseases / drug therapy
  • Heart Diseases / etiology
  • Heart Diseases / immunology
  • Humans
  • Immunosuppressive Agents / therapeutic use
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Multimodal Imaging*
  • Myositis / complications*
  • Myositis / diagnosis
  • Myositis / drug therapy
  • Myositis / immunology
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • Tomography, Optical Coherence

Substances

  • Cardiovascular Agents
  • Immunosuppressive Agents