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8215764

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-11-23
pubmed:abstractText
The authors report three cases of acute myocarditis: the first patient was a 23 year old woman treated for tuberculosis who presented with rapidly progressive congestive cardiac failure. The second patient was a 52 year old man with atypical chest pain and the third was a 55 year old woman presenting as an acute myocardial infarction. In all three cases, a positive antimyosin antibody myocardial scintigraphy supported the presumptive diagnosis. The authors review the principles of the method and its potential indications, antimyosin antibody scintigraphy being able to demonstrate recent myocardial necrosis but not to identify the cause. The sensitivity of the technique is high (83 to 100% according to the series) but the specificity is much lower (about 55%) compared with endomyocardial biopsy, an investigation which is specific but not very sensitive. Modifications of the antibody and the radioactive tracer used at present should improve the diagnostic value of the technique in the near future.
pubmed:language
fre
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0003-9683
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
86
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
297-305
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
[Contribution of antimyosin antibody myocardial scintigraphy in the diagnosis of acute myocarditis].
pubmed:affiliation
Service de médecine nucléaire, hôpital Avicenne, Bobigny.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract, Case Reports