Myasthenia gravis echocardiography or ultrasound
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Overview
Overview
Some abnormalities has been reported in these patients. One of them is LV diastolic filling defects which improve with AChE inhibitors.
Echocardiography or Ultrasound
Echocardiography or Ultrasound
- Echocardiography may be helpful in the diagnosis of cardiac involvement of myasthenia gravis. Since there are several cholinergic mechanisms in heart, this organ can be affected by Myasthenia gravis.[1][2][3]
- Some abnormalities has been reported in these patients. One of them is LV diastolic filling defects which improve with AChE inhibitors.[4]
References
References
- ↑ MENDELOW H, GENKINS G (1954). “Studies in myasthenia gravis: cardiac and associated pathology”. J Mt Sinai Hosp N Y. 21 (4): 218–25. PMID 13212376.
- ↑ Buccino RA, Sonnenblick EH, Cooper T, Braunwald E (December 1966). “Direct positive inotropic effect of acetylcholine on myocardium. Evidence for multiple cholinergic receptors in the heart”. Circ. Res. 19 (6): 1097–108. PMID 5928546.
- ↑ Jacobowitz D, Cooper T, Barner HB (March 1967). “Histochemical and chemical studies of the localization of adrenergic and cholinergic nerves in normal and denervated cat hearts”. Circ. Res. 20 (3): 289–98. PMID 6025610.
- ↑ Johannessen KA, Mygland A, Gilhus NE, Aarli J, Vik-Mo H (January 1992). “Left ventricular function in myasthenia gravis”. Am. J. Cardiol. 69 (1): 129–32. PMID 1729861.
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