Echocardiographic profile of endomyocardial fibrosis in Tanzania, East Africa.

Endomyocardial Fibrosis: Echocardiographic Profile

Evolution of two-dimensional and color Doppler echocardiography identified the typical features of Endomyocardial Fibrosis (EMF) such as dense ventricular apical fibrosis, dysfunction of atrioventricular valve and sub-valvular apparatus and cavity dimensions. This is the tool used most for the diagnosis of EMF in areas where the disease is endemic in Africa. Today echocardiography is used as a ...

Endomyocardial fibrosis in Caucasians previously resident in tropical Africa.

Endomyocardial fibrosis is a form of cardiomyopathy endemic in East, Central, and West Africa (Davies, I948; Connor et al., i967, I968). A similar disease has occasionally been described in other tropical regions, e.g. South America (Andrade and Guimaraes, I964), India (Gopi, i968), and Ceylon (Nagaratnam and Dissanayake, I959). Authenticated cases have been reported in Caucasian patients who h...

Endomyocardial Fibrosis in an HIV-Infected Patient

cardiomyopathy characterized by endocardial fibrotic thickening that usually affects the apex of one or both ventricles. EMF has been reported in tropical and subtropical regions of Africa as well as in India, Brazil, Columbia, and Sri Lanka. EMF is uncommon in the United States; however, this cardiomyopathy has been reported in white patients, even in the absence of prior residence in tropical...

Echocardiographic findings in endomyocardial fibrosis.

Endomyocardial fibrosis in Sudan: clinical and echocardiographic features

OBJECTIVE Endomyocardial fibrosis (EMF) is a rare disease and is often an underdiagnosed and forgotten cardiomyopathy. The objective of this study was to document the current frequency of EMF in Sudan by defining and selecting cases from patients attending the echocardiography laboratory. Additionally we aimed to create an EMF registry for Sudan. METHODS The study started in January 2007 and ...