Necrotizing myopathy presenting as congestive heart failure and life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias: a case report.

Kyung-Hee Lim Jong Sung Park Byeol-A Yoon Song-Hee Han

Published in: European heart journal. Case reports (2021)

This case suggests that intensive immunosuppressive therapy with high-dose steroid could be useful in the necrotizing autoimmune myopathy manifested as congestive heart failure and life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias.

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