Cases reported "Endomyocardial Fibrosis"

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1/118. A case of diffuse endomyocardial fibrosis of the right ventricle with persistent pericardial effusion.

    A case of 42-year-old female with persistent pericardial effusion and recurrent congestive heart failure was presented. The clinical course, laboratory and cardiac evaluations confirmed the existence of tricuspid incompetence and restrictive condition of the right ventricle. At autopsy, the right atrium and ventricle showed moderate hypertrophy, the left ventricle being almost completely spared macroscopically. Diffuse fibrous thickening of the right atrial and ventricular endomyocardium with mural thrombi, and mild lymphocytic infiltation were noted microscopically. These findings are compatible with endomyocardial fibrosis described by Davies. The etiology and pathogenesis of the disease were discussed. ( info)

2/118. Myocardial fibrosis in polymyositis.

    Myocardial involvement in polymyositis is commonly suspected in noninvasive studies, but symptomatic cardiac disease is rare. We describe a 27-year-old woman with a 6 year history of severe polymyositis and persistent elevation of creatine phosphokinase-MB isoenzyme who suddenly developed congestive heart failure and bradycardia-tachycardia syndrome. autopsy revealed severe myocardial fibrosis without inflammatory cell infiltrates concomitant to active polymyositis of the skeletal muscles despite intensive longterm immunosuppressive therapy. ( info)

3/118. Neovascularity related to mural thrombus in endomyocardial fibrosis.

    We report a 30-year old, previously healthy, Ghanese woman admitted with sudden onset of dyspnoe, hemoptoe and right-sided chest pain due to endomyocardial fibrosis with secondary pulmonary emboli coronary angiography revealed a myocardial "blush". This finding may focus attention to the presence of mural thrombus that may have diagnostic and therapeutic consequences. ( info)

4/118. Mital valve disease with rheumatic appearance in the presence of left ventricular endomyocardial fibrosis.

    This is a report of a nine-year-old boy with both mitral stenosis and regurgitation and extensive endomyocardial fibrosis of the left ventricle. Focus is given to the singularity of the fibrotic process, with an emphasis on the etiopatho-genic aspects. ( info)

5/118. endomyocardial fibrosis associated with daunorubicin therapy.

    A case of endomyocardial fibrosis in a patient with acute myeloblastic leukaemia treated by daunorubicin is reported. The pathological findings are indistinguishable from tropical endomyocardial fibrosis. ( info)

6/118. endomyocardial fibrosis associated with massive calcification of the left ventricle.

    This is the report of a rare case of endomyocardial fibrosis associated with massive calcification of the left ventricle in a male patient with dyspnea on great exertion, which began 5 years earlier and rapidly evolved. Due to lack of information and the absence of clinical signs that could characterize impairment of other organs, the case was initially managed as a disease with a pulmonary origin. With the evolution of the disease and in the presence of radiological images of heterogeneous opacification in the projection of the left ventricle, the diagnostic hypothesis of endomyocardial disease was established. This hypothesis was later confirmed on chest computed tomography. The patient died on the 16th day of the hospital stay, probably because of lack of myocardial reserve, with clinical findings of refractory heart failure, possibly aggravated by pulmonary infection. This shows that a rare disease such as endomyocardial fibrosis associated with massive calcification of the left ventricle may be suspected on a simple chest X-ray and confirmed by computed tomography. ( info)

7/118. Case report: outer sheath rupture may precede complete chordal rupture in fibrotic mitral valve disease.

    rupture mechanics of mitral valve chordae have been difficult to elucidate because most surgical repairs and pathological examinations are performed after the rupture. In an excised anterior leaflet from a fibrotic mitral valve, chordae were observed in an initial phase of rupture. Microscopic sections showed that thinned, nearly ruptured chordal segments were actually chordal cores, containing highly aligned collagen fibers. The outer sheath of elastic fibers, disorganized circumferentially oriented collagen fibers, and endothelial cells that normally surrounds the collagen core apparently had retracted to the extreme ends of the thinned segment, resulting in a bulbous shape, as noted in the chordal rupture literature. In conclusion, these new observations lead us to propose that the rupture of mitral valve chordae is not spontaneous, but may occur over time. The failure of the outer sheath may represent the first phase in a slow, two-part process leading to eventual chordal rupture. ( info)

8/118. infant partial left ventriculectomy for failure to wean from cardiopulmonary bypass.

    Following aortic reimplantation of anomalous left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery in a 6-month-old infant, the heart failed to wean after prolonged supportive cardiopulmonary bypass and maximal inotropic support. We performed partial left ventriculectomy (Batista procedure) that halved left atrial pressure and enabled discontinuation of bypass. Postoperative recovery was then uneventful. ( info)

9/118. Idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome: magnetic resonance imaging findings in endomyocardial fibrosis.

    Significant eosinophilia and even eosinophilic tissue infiltration has been associated with a variety of clinical disorders including allergic and immunodeficiency states, drug reaction, infection, parasitic infestation and malignancy. eosinophilia without an underlying aetiology and with multi-organ dysfunction has been designated idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome. We report a case of endomyocardial fibrosis with MRI findings. ( info)

10/118. churg-strauss syndrome with critical endomyocardial fibrosis: 10 year survival after combined surgical and medical management.

    A case is presented of the churg-strauss syndrome with hypereosinophilia and severe cardiac involvement, namely biventricular endomyocardial fibrosis and gross encroachment of the right ventricular cavity. The clinical picture was similar to Loeffler's syndrome and the idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome. Combined aggressive surgical and medical management led to full recovery and survival at 10 years. The good long term outcome is attributed to strict control of peripheral eosinophil count by oral corticosteroids. This case illustrates the damaging effects of hypereosinophilia on the heart. ( info)
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