Peripartum cardiomyopathy with normal endomyocardial biopsy and positive antimyosin-in 111 study for myocarditis
Navarro González, J.F.; de la Calle Reviriego, J.L.; Jiménez Mena, M.
Anales de Medicina Interna 9(3): 129-130
1992
ISSN/ISBN: 0212-7199 PMID: 1567949 Document Number: 389915
Peripartum cardiomyopathy is a rare manifestation of heart disease which accounts for less than 1% of the cardiovascular problems associated to pregnancy, with a variable incidence of myocarditis ranging from 29 to 100%. We present a patient with peripartum cardiomyopathy in whom endomyocardial biopsy was normal, but the studies with anti-myosin antibodies suggested the presence of myocarditis. Clinical signs and controversies between anatomopathologic and isotopic studies are discussed.