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Loeffler's Endocarditis and the Diagnostic Utility of Multimodality Imaging
Loeffler’s endocarditis is a rare form of restrictive cardiomyopathy associated with eosinophilia and endomyocardial fibrosis. It manifests most commonly as diastolic dysfunction or valvular abnormalities due to eosinophilic infiltration and degranulation. Herein, we chronicle a case of left ventric...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7520398/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32999784 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.10061 |
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author | Afzal, Saira Ahmed, Taha Saleem, Talha Chan, Albert |
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description | Loeffler’s endocarditis is a rare form of restrictive cardiomyopathy associated with eosinophilia and endomyocardial fibrosis. It manifests most commonly as diastolic dysfunction or valvular abnormalities due to eosinophilic infiltration and degranulation. Herein, we chronicle a case of left ventricular involvement with Loeffler’s endocarditis. We emphasize the utility of multimodality imaging including two-dimensional echocardiography and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in providing diagnostic information, as there is no standardized diagnostic criteria to date. |
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spelling | pubmed-75203982020-09-29 Loeffler's Endocarditis and the Diagnostic Utility of Multimodality Imaging Afzal, Saira Ahmed, Taha Saleem, Talha Chan, Albert Cureus Cardiology Loeffler’s endocarditis is a rare form of restrictive cardiomyopathy associated with eosinophilia and endomyocardial fibrosis. It manifests most commonly as diastolic dysfunction or valvular abnormalities due to eosinophilic infiltration and degranulation. Herein, we chronicle a case of left ventricular involvement with Loeffler’s endocarditis. We emphasize the utility of multimodality imaging including two-dimensional echocardiography and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in providing diagnostic information, as there is no standardized diagnostic criteria to date. Cureus 2020-08-26 /pmc/articles/PMC7520398/ /pubmed/32999784 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.10061 Text en Copyright © 2020, Afzal et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Cardiology Afzal, Saira Ahmed, Taha Saleem, Talha Chan, Albert Loeffler's Endocarditis and the Diagnostic Utility of Multimodality Imaging |
title | Loeffler's Endocarditis and the Diagnostic Utility of Multimodality Imaging |
title_full | Loeffler's Endocarditis and the Diagnostic Utility of Multimodality Imaging |
title_fullStr | Loeffler's Endocarditis and the Diagnostic Utility of Multimodality Imaging |
title_full_unstemmed | Loeffler's Endocarditis and the Diagnostic Utility of Multimodality Imaging |
title_short | Loeffler's Endocarditis and the Diagnostic Utility of Multimodality Imaging |
title_sort | loeffler's endocarditis and the diagnostic utility of multimodality imaging |
topic | Cardiology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7520398/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32999784 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.10061 |
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