Lowry PJ, Thompson RA, Littler WA. Cellular immunity in congestive cardiomyopathy. Hypersensitivity to cardiac antigens.
BRITISH HEART JOURNAL 1985;
53:400-4. [PMID:
3885980 PMCID:
PMC481780 DOI:
10.1136/hrt.53.4.400]
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Abstract
The presence of type IV hypersensitivity to cardiac antigens in 26 patients with congestive cardiomyopathy was sought by two in vitro techniques. Neither test showed a significant group abnormality, but 10 patients did have hypersensitivity to heart antigen, in particular to congestive cardiomyopathic heart antigen. These patients were characterised by worse haemodynamic data and a more rapid and malignant course of the disease than in the rest of the group.
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