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PubMed2006

[Endomyocardial fibrosis: a rare case of restrictive cardiomyopathy in a Caucasian female].

The authors report the case of endomyocardial fibrosis diagnosed in a young Caucasian female presenting with progressive congestive cardiac failure. The diagnosis was suspected on the echocardiographic, magnetic resonance imaging and cardiac catheterisation findings in association with the clinical presentation. After a short course of symptomatic medical therapy, the patient underwent the only curative treatment of this pathology, surgical endocardectomy and combined valvular surgery. The confirmation of the diagnosis was obtained a posteriori by histopathological examination of the operative findings which showed appearances of endomyocardial fibrosis similar to those observed in tropical regions. The patient was discharged on the eighth postoperative day, much improved clinically, and follow-up at one year was very satisfactory.

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PubMed1990

[Restrictive cardiomyopathy in eosinophilic leukemia: echocardiographic and nuclear magnetic resonance aspects].

This paper reports a case of endomyocardial disease due to hypereosinophilic syndrome. Two-dimensional echocardiography showed prevalent right ventricular involvement, with obliteration of the apex due to an echogenic mass progressively filling the whole ventricular cavity. RMN accurately defined the presence and the characteristics of the infiltrative mass in the right ventricular chamber. A different intensity of spin-echo imaging sequence was used to differentiate between thrombotic and infiltrative leukemic images. It is concluded that prevalent right ventricular involvement during eosinophilic endomyocardiopathy is a relatively rare disease which can be detected and evaluated by the use of echocardiography and RMN studies.

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PubMed1989

[Obstructive-restrictive cardiomyopathy. On the clinical aspects and pathology of Löffler endocarditis].

Löffler's endocarditis parietalis fibroplastica represents a special entity among the cardiomyopathies which is seldom to be seen. The disease can be diagnosed by clinical findings including a myocardial biopsy. Prognosis is bad because no adequate therapy exists. The mean survival rate is 18 months and congestive heart failure is cause of death. Etiology of endomyocardial fibrosis is unknown. Included is a case report of Löffler's endocarditis in which the patient had an unusually long survival time of more than three years. Characteristic for the disease were an initial right heart failure followed by left heart insufficiency and multiple septic embolies into peripheral organs (spleen, liver, brain). The patient died from a cerebral emboly in the age of 50 years. Autopsy findings showed a severe endomyocardial fibrosis, typical for Löffler's endocarditis.

Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic↗