Idiopathic Hypereosinophilic Syndrome Presenting as Severe Loeffler's Endocarditis
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Idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome presenting as severe Loeffler's endocarditis.
Loeffler ’s endocarditis, also known as Loeffler ’s endomyocardial disease, was first described by Wilhelm Loeffler in a patient with progressive heart failure due to eosinophilic infiltration of the endomyocardium, which was found to be secondary to peripheral eosinophilia1. It appears to be a subset of hypereosinophilic syndrome (HES), in which the heart is predominantly involved, characteriz...
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عنوان ژورنال: Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0066-782X
DOI: 10.5935/abc.20130081