PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - J M Reid AU - R Murdoch TI - Polymyositis and complete heart block. AID - 10.1136/hrt.41.5.628 DP - 1979 May 01 TA - British Heart Journal PG - 628--629 VI - 41 IP - 5 4099 - http://heart.bmj.com/content/41/5/628.short 4100 - http://heart.bmj.com/content/41/5/628.full SO - Heart1979 May 01; 41 AB - The development of complete heart block is described in a patient with polymyositis. The implantation of a permanent pacemaker has controlled the heart block, but the progression of the underlying disease despite treatment with relatively high dosage of corticosteroids makes the outlook uncertain.