TY - JOUR
T1 - Heart Block in Polymyositis
AU - Schaumburg, Herbert H.
AU - Nielsen, Surl L.
AU - Yurchak, Peter M.
PY - 1971/3/4
Y1 - 1971/3/4
N2 - POLYMYOSITIS is said rarely to involve the myocardium. Only two pathologically documented cases of polymyositis with myocardial involvement have been reported, and conduction disorders were noted in neither.1,2 In the case presented below polymyositis was proved to involve the conduction system, with the initial appearance of atrioventricular block and, eventually, persistent ventricular asystole. Case Report W.C., a 26-year-old man, began to experience difficulty in climbing stairs 10 years before his terminal admission. The weakness progressed, and 3 years later, at the time of the 1st admission, there was mild diffuse proximal weakness. General physical examination and the remainder of the.
AB - POLYMYOSITIS is said rarely to involve the myocardium. Only two pathologically documented cases of polymyositis with myocardial involvement have been reported, and conduction disorders were noted in neither.1,2 In the case presented below polymyositis was proved to involve the conduction system, with the initial appearance of atrioventricular block and, eventually, persistent ventricular asystole. Case Report W.C., a 26-year-old man, began to experience difficulty in climbing stairs 10 years before his terminal admission. The weakness progressed, and 3 years later, at the time of the 1st admission, there was mild diffuse proximal weakness. General physical examination and the remainder of the.
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U2 - 10.1056/NEJM197103042840905
DO - 10.1056/NEJM197103042840905
M3 - Article
C2 - 5100422
AN - SCOPUS:0015209945
SN - 0028-4793
VL - 284
SP - 480
EP - 481
JO - New England Journal of Medicine
JF - New England Journal of Medicine
IS - 9
ER -