Geographical Distribution of Endomyocardial Fibrosis in South Kerala

The Changing Pattern of Endomyocardial Fibrosis in South-West Nigeria

BACKGROUND Endomyocardial fibrosis (EMF) is a restrictive cardiomyopathy, the prevalence of which is declining globally. This study was carried out to determine if there were changing patterns in its local prevalence in South-West Nigeria. METHODS We reviewed the medical records of all patients admitted to or attending the cardiology clinic or medical outpatient/specialty clinics in the Depar...

The Tribal Distribution of Endomyocardial Fibrosis in Uganda.

Endomyocardial fibrosis (EMF) is a relatively common form of heart disease in Uganda and accounts for about 14 per cent of subjects with clinical cardiovascular disease admitted to Mulago Hospital, Kampala (Shaper and Williams, 1960) and for 10 per cent of heart disease seen at necropsy (Davies, 1961). Though there have been pathological and clinical descriptions of this disorder (Davies, 1948;...

Endomyocardial fibrosis

Electrocardiogram in Endomyocardial Fibrosis

Endomyocardial fibrosis (EMF) is a distinct obliterative cardiomyopathy characterized anatomically by right/left/bi ventricular endocardial fibrotic thickening and varying degrees of obliteration of the ventricular cavity. Chamber obliteration leads to diastolic restriction to ventricular filling and thus diastolic ventricular dysfunction. Involvement of the chordae tendinae and papillary muscl...

Endomyocardial fibrosis in Africa.

Endomyocardial fibrosis (EMF) is a disease of the rain-forest belt in Africa. There is general agreement as to its pathology in the acute phase, but this is difficult to diagnose clinically. The aetiology is still unknown although there are reports which suggest that eosinophilic endomyocardial disease may be the cause. Further studies are needed to define EMF in its acute stage and find out ho...