• Title/Summary/Keyword: Loeffler's endocarditis

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Early Stage Loeffler's Endocarditis Detected by Transthoracic Echocardiography

  • Kang, Min Kyu;Park, Won Jong;Jung, Sung Yun;Kim, Su Mi;Kwon, Tae Hun;Ryu, Young Ha;Son, Jang Won;Shin, Dong Gu
    • Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
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    • v.29 no.2
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    • pp.118-120
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    • 2012
  • Loeffler's endocarditis involves progressive eosinophilic infiltration of the endocardium, which leads to apical thrombotic obliteration of the ventricle and endomyocardial fibrosis, that may finally represent a characteristic feature of restrictive cardiomyopathy. This paper presents a case of a 44-year-old male with symptoms of dyspnea and peripheral hypereosinophilia, who was diagnosed with early stage Loeffler's endocarditis via multicardiac imaging modalities.

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Surgical treatment of Loeffler`s endocarditis associated mitral insufficiency (Loeffler`s endocarditis 에 합병한 승모판 폐쇄부전 치험)

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    • Journal of Chest Surgery
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    • v.16 no.4
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    • pp.526-532
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    • 1983
  • This is a report of one case of Loffler`s eosinophilic endocarditis associated with mitral insufficiency and LV thrombi treated surgically at the department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Hanyang University Hospital. This patient was a 42 year old female and she has complains of dyspnea, palpitation, orthopnea and generalized edema. Above symptoms has been going for 4 months and NYHA classification was IV. On examination, blood eosinophil was 45 to 50% [WBC-9800 ]. MI and LV thrombi were confirmed by LV ventriculography and echocardiography. Pulmonary congestion and congestive cardiac failure were diagnosis by X-Ray examination, EKG finding and clinical feature and others there were no organic functional disturbance. Mitral valve replacement was performed with Ionescu-Shiley pericardial valve [29mm] replacement. Adjust thumb sized grayish brown colored two thrombi were excluded, lodged in the apex and septal endocardium of LV. Endocardial fibrosis was reliably confirmed under the gross pathology in the heart. The patient had smooth postoperative course and there were no operative complication.

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