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Noninvasive Cardiovascular Studies in Patients with Inflammatory Myopathy

Timothy J. Byrnes

Sections of Cardiology & Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, and the Center of Excellence for Arthritis & Rheumatology, Louisiana State University Medical Center, Shreveport, Louisiana

Bruce A. Baethge

Sections of Cardiology & Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, and the Center of Excellence for Arthritis & Rheumatology, Louisiana State University Medical Center, Shreveport, Louisiana

Robert E. Wolf

Sections of Cardiology & Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, and the Center of Excellence for Arthritis & Rheumatology, Louisiana State University Medical Center, Shreveport, Louisiana

The authors prospectively performed echocardiographic and Doppler studies on 13 patients with inflammatory myopathy to evaluate ventricular function, to assess valve morphology and function, and to obtain hemodynamic data. No patient had a reduction in left ventricular function or evidence of significant val vular disease. Hemodynamic assessment suggested evidence of pulmonary hyper tension in 9 patients. They conclude that cardiomyopathy in association with inflammatory myopathy is unusual and that the suggestion of pulmonary hyper tension is unexplained and merits further evaluation.

Angiology, Vol. 42, No. 10, 843-848 (1991)
DOI: 10.1177/000331979104201010
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