Cardiac arrest in seronegative idiopathic inflammatory myopathy: a case report.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs) are autoimmune diseases that are characterized by muscle injury. These disorders can cause cardiomyopathy and heart failure, myocarditis, and arrhythmias. However, only a few cases of cardiac arrest as a result of IIMs have been previously reported.

Case summary

A 46-year-old male presented with an out-of-hospital ventricular fibrillation cardiac arrest. A diagnosis of IIM had been made through a muscle biopsy performed 2 years before presentation. The patient had a positive anti-nuclear antibody but negative myositis-specific antibodies. His initial symptoms of IIM were mild and consisted of myalgias. His only cardiac symptoms were minor palpitations that occurred 3 years prior to the cardiac arrest, with a negative Holte

SUBMITTER: Srivatsav V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10903167 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature