Abstract
According to a definition recently published in the British Heart Journal, cardiomyopathies are diseases of the heart muscle of unknown origin [12]. Those diseases in which the underlying dysfunction is the heart muscle cell itself can be termed primary myocardial diseases. However, disorders of the immune system in connection with cardiomyopathies are not consistent in the clarity of indications of etiology and pathogenesis; these will be described briefly in this chapter (see Table 1).
Work supported by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (Bo 318/5). Technical assistance provided by E. Ronft
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
Literatur
Bolte H-D (1975a) Die rheumatische Karditis. Internist 16: 501
Bolte H-D (1975b) Diagnostische Wertigkeit des indirekten Immunfluoreszenztestes zum Nachweis humoraler Antikörper gegen Myokard. Internist 16: 180
Bolte H-D, Ludwig B, Fischer S, Schultheiss H-P (1982) Immunologische Untersuchungen bei dilativen Kardiomyopathien. Z Kardiol 71: 517–521
Buja LM, Khoi MB, Roberts WC (1970) Clinically significant cardiac amyloidosis. Am J Cardiol 26: 349
Butterworth AE, David JR (1981) Eosinophil function. N Engl J Med 304: 154
Eckstein R, Mempel W, Bolte H-D (1982) Reduced suppressor cell activity in congestive cardiomyopathy and in myocarditis. Circulation 65: 1224–1229
Fischer S, Bolte H-D (1981) Biochemische und immunhistologische Kollagenbestimmung in Myokardbiopsien. Z Kardiol 70: 616
Kaplan MH (1965) Autoantibodies to heart and rheumatic fever: The induction of autoimmunity to heart by streptococcal antigen cross-reactive with heart. Ann NY Acad Sci 124: 903–915
Ludwig B (1981)Myokardiale Kontraktionskraft bei experimenteller Reo-1-Virus Herzerkrankung Inauguraldissertation, München — in preparation
Maisch B, Schuff-Werner P, Berg PA (1977) Immunphänomene nach Kardiotomie und Herzinfarkt. Verh Dtsch Ges Inn Med 81: 831
Read SE, Engle MA, Zabriskie JD (1975) Humoral and cellular studies in diseases with heart antibodies. In: Riecker G, Weber A, Goodwin J (eds) Myocardial failure. Springer, Berlin Heidelberg New York
Report (1980) of WHO/JSFC task force on the definition and classification of cardiomyopathies. Br Heart J 44:672
Schölmerich P (1975) Diagnostik und Verlauf der Virusmyokarditis. Internist 16: 508
Sell S (1975) Immunology, immunopathology and immunity. Harper & Row, New York
Bolte H-D (1979) Immunerkrankungen des Herzens. Internist 20: 479–489
Spry ChJF, Tai P-Ch, Davies J (1983) The cardiotoxicity of eosinophils. Postgrad Med J 59: 147–151
Twomey JJ, Laughter AH, Steinberg AD (1978) A serum inhibitor of immune regulation in patients with systemic Lupus Erythematodes. J Clin Invest 21: 713
Eckstein R, Mempel W, Heim M, Bolte H-D (1982) Beziehungen zwischen HLA-Genen und niedriger Suppressor-Zellaktivität bei Patienten mit Myokarditis und kongestiver Kardiomyopathie. Verh Dt Ges Bluttransf Immunhämatol
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 1983 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Bolte, HD., Ludwig, B., Fischer, S. (1983). Immunologic Findings in Myocardial Diseases, with Particular Reference to Myocarditis. In: Just, H., Schuster, H.P. (eds) Myocarditis Cardiomyopathy. International Boehringer Mannheim Symposia. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-68608-5_5
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-68608-5_5
Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
Print ISBN: 978-3-540-11617-2
Online ISBN: 978-3-642-68608-5
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive