Herzmyasthenie

Myasthenia Gravis-An Unexpected Cause of Respiratory Failure and Reversible Left Ventricular Dysfunction after Cardiac Surgery

“…His myocardial dysfunction could not otherwise be explained by ischemic, valvular, infectious, or arrhythmia‐related etiology and resolved rapidly after the institution of therapy for myasthenia gravis. Pathologic studies have demonstrated some degree of myocarditis in over a third of cases of myasthenia gravis without thymoma, and patients with a late disease onset may be particularly prone to cardiac involvement 6 . Cardiac dysfunction in myasthenia patients is likely immune‐mediated as antibodies to heart muscle have been detected in nearly 50% of myasthenia gravis patients with late onset disease and thymic atrophy 7 .…”

Myasthenia Gravis-An Unexpected Cause of Respiratory Failure and Reversible Left Ventricular Dysfunction after Cardiac Surgery

“…His myocardial dysfunction could not otherwise be explained by ischemic, valvular, infectious, or arrhythmia‐related etiology and resolved rapidly after the institution of therapy for myasthenia gravis. Pathologic studies have demonstrated some degree of myocarditis in over a third of cases of myasthenia gravis without thymoma, and patients with a late disease onset may be particularly prone to cardiac involvement 6 . Cardiac dysfunction in myasthenia patients is likely immune‐mediated as antibodies to heart muscle have been detected in nearly 50% of myasthenia gravis patients with late onset disease and thymic atrophy 7 .…”

Three Types of Striational Antibodies in Myasthenia Gravis

“…Since the mortality of MG itself has dramatically decreased recently, cardiac involvement in MG patients may be lethal. It is well known that myocarditis is accompanied by thymoma-associated MG, known as “Herzmyathenie” [46, 47]. In this regard, Evoli et al reported that 7 of 50 T-MG cases suffered sudden deaths [34].…”

Myasthenia Gravis-An Unexpected Cause of Respiratory Failure and Reversible Left Ventricular Dysfunction after Cardiac Surgery

“…His myocardial dysfunction could not otherwise be explained by ischemic, valvular, infectious, or arrhythmia‐related etiology and resolved rapidly after the institution of therapy for myasthenia gravis. Pathologic studies have demonstrated some degree of myocarditis in over a third of cases of myasthenia gravis without thymoma, and patients with a late disease onset may be particularly prone to cardiac involvement 6 . Cardiac dysfunction in myasthenia patients is likely immune‐mediated as antibodies to heart muscle have been detected in nearly 50% of myasthenia gravis patients with late onset disease and thymic atrophy 7 .…”

Three Types of Striational Antibodies in Myasthenia Gravis

“…Since the mortality of MG itself has dramatically decreased recently, cardiac involvement in MG patients may be lethal. It is well known that myocarditis is accompanied by thymoma-associated MG, known as “Herzmyathenie” [46, 47]. In this regard, Evoli et al reported that 7 of 50 T-MG cases suffered sudden deaths [34].…”

Myasthenia Gravis-An Unexpected Cause of Respiratory Failure and Reversible Left Ventricular Dysfunction after Cardiac Surgery

“…His myocardial dysfunction could not otherwise be explained by ischemic, valvular, infectious, or arrhythmia‐related etiology and resolved rapidly after the institution of therapy for myasthenia gravis. Pathologic studies have demonstrated some degree of myocarditis in over a third of cases of myasthenia gravis without thymoma, and patients with a late disease onset may be particularly prone to cardiac involvement 6 . Cardiac dysfunction in myasthenia patients is likely immune‐mediated as antibodies to heart muscle have been detected in nearly 50% of myasthenia gravis patients with late onset disease and thymic atrophy 7 .…”

Three Types of Striational Antibodies in Myasthenia Gravis

“…Since the mortality of MG itself has dramatically decreased recently, cardiac involvement in MG patients may be lethal. It is well known that myocarditis is accompanied by thymoma-associated MG, known as “Herzmyathenie” [46, 47]. In this regard, Evoli et al reported that 7 of 50 T-MG cases suffered sudden deaths [34].…”