Antimitochondrial Antibody-associated Myopathy with Slowly Progressive Cardiac Dysfunction

Abstract

A 45-year-old woman was referred to our hospital for the evaluation of proximal muscle weakness and serum creatine kinase elevation [corrected]. She had atrial fibrillation and left ventricular asynergy. She was diagnosed with myopathy, accompanied by cardiomyopathy of unknown etiology. She was treated with prednisolone. After long-term follow-up and a detailed examination, the patient was diagnosed with antimitochondrial antibody (AMA)-associated myopathy with cardiac involvement. Although the patient received medical treatment, including beta-blockers and prednisolone, her cardiac function deteriorated progressively. Physicians should consider AMA-associated myopathy when diagnosing myopathies of unknown etiology. The presence of cardiac involvement should be proactively investigated in AMA-associated myopathy.