Case Report: Immune Mediated Necrotizing Myopathy With IgG Antibodies to 3-Hydroxy-3-Methylglutaryl-Coenzyme a Reductase (HMGCR) May Present With Acute Systolic Heart Failure

Involvement of cardiac muscle is felt to be very uncommon in anti-HMGCR myopathy, and therefore early cardiac evaluation is not considered a high priority for this condition.We herein present the case of a 72 year-old woman Duvet Set admitted due to dyspnea and orthopnea, who, in retrospect, suffered from proximal more than distal muscle weakness f

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