Usefulness of antimyosin antibody imaging for the detection of active myocarditis

Authors
Narula, J Malhotra, A Yasuda, T Talwar, KK Reddy, KS Chopra, P Southern, JF Vasan, RS Tandon, R Bhatia, ML Khaw, BA Strauss, HW
Citation
J. Narula et al., Usefulness of antimyosin antibody imaging for the detection of active myocarditis, AM J CARD, 84(8), 1999, pp. 946
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiovascular & Respiratory Systems","Cardiovascular & Hematology Research
Journal title
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY
ISSN journal
00029149 → ACNP
Volume
84
Issue
8
Year of publication
1999
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9149(19991015)84:8<946:UOAAIF>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
Myocarditis constitutes an important component of rheumatic carditis. Antim yosin scintigraphy, which allows noninvasive assessment of myocyte damage, can be used for documentation of cardiac involvement in patients with rheum atic fever where clinical diagnosis is not unequivocal.