TY - JOUR T1 - Heart transplant for dilated cardiomyopathy associated with polymyositis JF - Heart JO - Heart SP - e4 LP - e4 DO - 10.1136/hrt.82.4.e4 VL - 82 IS - 4 AU - A Afzal AU - R S D Higgins AU - E F Philbin Y1 - 1999/10/01 UR - http://heart.bmj.com/content/82/4/e4.abstract N2 - Cardiac involvement is one of the most significant factors in the poor clinical outcome of polymyositis. The case of a 39 year old African American woman with polymyositis, cardiomyopathy, and severe heart failure who had orthotopic heart transplantation is described. Review of the literature reveals that cardiac manifestations of polymyositis are frequent and include conduction system abnormalities, myocarditis, cardiomyopathy, coronary artery atherosclerosis, valvar disease, and pericardial abnormalities. ER -