Radiological Findings in Endomyocardial Fibrosis

Echocardiographic findings in endomyocardial fibrosis.

Pre- and postoperative findings in patients with endomyocardial fibrosis.

From 1971 to 1977 endomyocardial fibrosis was diagnosed in 7 patients (6 women and 1 man) and the clinical course was followed for 36 months. Five of the 7 patients (70%) showed partial obliteration of both ventricles; in 2 patients the fibrotic lesions were confined to the left ventricle. The main haemodynamic features were restriction to ventricular filling and atrioventricular valve regurgit...

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...