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A case series of eosinophilic myocarditis: different faces of the same coin

BACKGROUND: Eosinophilic myocarditis (EM) is a rare form of myocarditis with various aetiologies and dire consequences if not diagnosed and treated expeditiously. CASE SUMMARY: We report three cases of EM at different stages of the disease with differing clinical manifestations. We highlight the dia...

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Autores principales: Mengesha, Bethlehem, Meir, Karen, Gural, Alexander, Asleh, Rabea
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9518670/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36187932
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ehjcr/ytac388
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description BACKGROUND: Eosinophilic myocarditis (EM) is a rare form of myocarditis with various aetiologies and dire consequences if not diagnosed and treated expeditiously. CASE SUMMARY: We report three cases of EM at different stages of the disease with differing clinical manifestations. We highlight the diagnostic workup including the role of multimodality imaging and endomyocardial biopsy (EMB), and the treatment strategies. DISCUSSION: EM is an underdiagnosed and potentially life-threatening disease. Therefore, a high clinical suspicion for EM should arise when patients with signs and symptoms of cardiovascular disease develop hypereosinophilia or vice versa. Early identification of this condition using multimodality imaging and EMB is of paramount importance as the disease may progress to the irreversible late fibrotic stage if treatment is delayed.
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spelling pubmed-95186702022-09-29 A case series of eosinophilic myocarditis: different faces of the same coin Mengesha, Bethlehem Meir, Karen Gural, Alexander Asleh, Rabea Eur Heart J Case Rep Case Series BACKGROUND: Eosinophilic myocarditis (EM) is a rare form of myocarditis with various aetiologies and dire consequences if not diagnosed and treated expeditiously. CASE SUMMARY: We report three cases of EM at different stages of the disease with differing clinical manifestations. We highlight the diagnostic workup including the role of multimodality imaging and endomyocardial biopsy (EMB), and the treatment strategies. DISCUSSION: EM is an underdiagnosed and potentially life-threatening disease. Therefore, a high clinical suspicion for EM should arise when patients with signs and symptoms of cardiovascular disease develop hypereosinophilia or vice versa. Early identification of this condition using multimodality imaging and EMB is of paramount importance as the disease may progress to the irreversible late fibrotic stage if treatment is delayed. Oxford University Press 2022-09-16 /pmc/articles/PMC9518670/ /pubmed/36187932 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ehjcr/ytac388 Text en © The Author(s) 2022. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
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