1. Lethal heart failure with anti-mitochondrial antibody: an arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy mimetic
- Author
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Daigo Nagahara, Toshiyuki Yano, Tetsuji Miura, Hatsue Ishibashi-Ueda, Masayuki Koyama, and Keisuke Kikuchi
- Subjects
medicine.medical_specialty ,Shock, Cardiogenic ,Cardiomyopathy ,Hashimoto Disease ,030204 cardiovascular system & hematology ,Sudden death ,Pericardial effusion ,Antibodies ,Right ventricular cardiomyopathy ,Diagnosis, Differential ,03 medical and health sciences ,Fatal Outcome ,0302 clinical medicine ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,Humans ,Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia ,Aged ,Heart Failure ,030203 arthritis & rheumatology ,business.industry ,medicine.disease ,Mitochondria ,Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia ,Myocarditis ,Death, Sudden, Cardiac ,Heart failure ,Cardiology ,Female ,Right Ventricular Free Wall ,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine ,business ,Anti-mitochondrial antibody - Abstract
A 60-year-old woman with heart failure and no family history of cardiomyopathy/sudden death was referred to our hospital. Echocardiography revealed large pericardial effusion and thinning of akinetic right ventricular free wall ( Panel s A and B ). Serum biochemistry showed low level of free thyroxine with elevation of thyroid-stimulating hormone level, elevated …
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- 2016