Reversible acute global left ventricular dysfunction in a patient with autosomal recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa

We report for the first time a patient with autosomal recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa, who developed dilated cardiomyopathy and recovered c ompletely within 2 months. The benign course, the previous influenza-like s yndrome, the impairment of immunity, the presence of malignant cutaneous le sions which contained DNA of "low risk" virus suggest that cardiomyopathy m ight have been secondary to acute viral myocarditis. (C) 2001 Elsevier Scie nce Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.