Immunomodulationtherapyagainstdilatedcardiomyopathy

一些扩张型心肌病(DCM)患者有针对心脏的自身抗体，我们可以通过免疫吸附疗法将其清除。这项研究发现了这种疗法效果良好的患者的一个特征。当我们通过这种治疗完全清除体内的自身抗体时，心脏功能会变得更好。即使体内自身抗体再次增加，心脏功能逆转，我们也可能进行多次免疫吸附。

Some DCM (dilated cardiomyopathy) patients have autoantibodies against their heart, which we can remove from the body by immunoadsorption therapy. This study discovered a characteristic of the patient whom this therapy worked for well. When we completely removed autoantibodies from the body by this treatment, the cardiac function get better. Even if autoantibodies increase again in the body, and the cardiac function reverses, we may perform the immunoadsorption many times.