Idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome


Endocarditis

An inflammation of the endocardium, the inner layer of the heart, which usually involves the heart valves.


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PMID (PMCID)
27372664
MALE Middle Aged
The significance of early screening with echocardiography in eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis.
Tsugu T, Nagatomo Y, Yamada Y, Mahara K, Miura H, Murata M.
J Med Ultrason (2001). 2016;43(4):527-31.
Loffler endocarditis is a serious complication of idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome characterized by a peculiar type of fibrosing endocarditis.
27372664
MALE Middle Aged
The significance of early screening with echocardiography in eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis.
Tsugu T, Nagatomo Y, Yamada Y, Mahara K, Miura H, Murata M.
J Med Ultrason (2001). 2016;43(4):527-31.
Loffler endocarditis is a serious complication of idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome characterized by a peculiar type of fibrosing endocarditis.
27122907
OTHER
An Unusual Case of Loffler Endomyocarditis after Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy Induced by Deep Neck Infection.
Kundi H, Cetin M, Kzltunc E, Cetin ZG, Cicekcioglu H, Ornek E.
Acta Cardiol Sin. 2015;31(5):457-60.
In this case, we herein have described a 72-year-old female patient with deep neck infection induced Takotsubo cardiomyopathy and idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome with Loffler endocarditis characterized by right atrial thrombus and right ventricular fibrothrombotic obliteration within two months.
25472741
MIXED_SAMPLE Middle Aged
Tricuspid valve surgery in patients with idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome.
Besik J, Szarszoi O, Netuka I, Voska L, Pirk J.
J Card Surg. 2015;30(2):140-4.
A 53-year-old female with idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome underwent recurrent tricuspid valve replacement for Loffler's endocarditis.
23046536
(3493299)
MALE Adult
Loffler endocarditis: a rare cause of acute cardiac failure.
Niemeijer ND, van Daele PL, Caliskan K, Oei FB, Loosveld OJ, van der Meer NJ.
J Cardiothorac Surg. 2012;7:109.
We describe a patient with acute cardiogenic shock due to cardiac involvement in idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome (Loffler endocarditis).
2781099
FEMALE Middle Aged
[Diagnostic usefulness of 2-dimensional echocardiography in eosinophilic endomyocardial disease (Loeffler disease)].
Gonzalez Torrecilla E, Rey Perez M, Maravi Petri C, Alvarez Lacruz L, Cordoba Polo M.
Rev Esp Cardiol. 1989;42(2):126-30.
We present an uncommon case of idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome with cardiac involvement (fibroplastic parietal endocarditis --Loffler's disease--) in a 48-year-old female with congestive heart failure and hypereosinophilia.