Cardiac involvement in idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome
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Cardiac involvement in hypereosinophilic syndrome.
A 27-year-old man who was known to have hypereosinophilic syndrome (HES) underwent evaluation at our echocardiography laboratory for exertional dyspnea. Laboratory tests revealed leukocytosis (5.4 10/L) with marked eosinophilia (34.6%; normal range, 4%), in addition to an elevated level of tryptase (70 ng/mL; normal range, 13.5 ng/mL). Two-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography showed a...
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253 Correspondence to: Tomasz Miszalski‐Jamka, MD, PhD, Zakład Radiologii Lekarskiej i Diagnostyki Obrazowej, 4. Wojskowy Szpital Kliniczny z Polikliniką, ul. Weigla 5, 50-981 Wrocław, Poland, phone/fax: +48-71-766-04-80, e-mail: [email protected] Received: March 24, 2013. Revision accepted: March 27, 2013. Conflict of interest: none declared. Pol Arch Med Wewn. 2013; 123 (5): 253-254 Copyright by ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Heart
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0007-0769
DOI: 10.1136/heart.87.6.553