Hepatitis C virus infection in a patient with dermatomyositis and left ventricular dysfunction

K Nakamura; A Matsumori; K F Kusano; K Banba; M Taniyama; Y Nakamura; H Morita; H Matsubara; H Yamanari; T Ohe

doi:10.1253/jcj.64.617

Hepatitis C virus infection in a patient with dermatomyositis and left ventricular dysfunction

Jpn Circ J. 2000 Aug;64(8):617-8. doi: 10.1253/jcj.64.617.

Authors

K Nakamura¹, A Matsumori, K F Kusano, K Banba, M Taniyama, Y Nakamura, H Morita, H Matsubara, H Yamanari, T Ohe

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Okayama University Medical School, Japan. [email protected]

PMID: 10952160
DOI: 10.1253/jcj.64.617

Abstract

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is frequently associated with autoimmune disease. We present here a case of dermatomyositis manifested as heart failure in which HCV was detected from an endomyocardial biopsy sample. HCV infection may have contributed to the left ventricular dysfunction in this patient with dermatomyositis.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Autoimmune Diseases / virology
Dermatomyositis / etiology*
Dermatomyositis / virology
Electrocardiography
Female
Heart / virology
Hepatitis C / complications*
Hepatitis C / genetics
Humans
Middle Aged
RNA, Viral
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / etiology*
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / pathology
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / virology

Substances

RNA, Viral