Sarda L, Georges C, Assayag P, Lebtahi R, Faraggi M, Palazzo E, Le Guludec D
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Bichat Hospital, Paris, France.
J Nucl Med. 1997 Nov;38(11):1759-61.
The diagnosis of myocardial disease related to systemic sclerosis is often difficult, but it is clinically relevant since the occurrence of a specific ventricular dysfunction is of poor prognosis. This article reports a case of systemic sclerosis with a subacute episode of myocardial disease assessed by 111In-antimyosin antibody, a specific marker of the necrotic myocardial fiber.
