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A 50-year-old man with eosinophilia and cardiomyopathy: need for endomyocardial biopsy?

Author(s) -

Lars Aakerøy,

Brage H. Amundsen,

Johan F. Skomsvoll,

Bjørn Olav Haugen,

Johannes Soma

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

european heart journal - cardiovascular imaging

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.576

H-Index - 92

eISSN - 2047-2412

pISSN - 2047-2404

DOI - 10.1093/ejechocard/jeq167

Subject(s) - endomyocardial biopsy , eosinophilia , cardiomyopathy , medicine , cardiology , biopsy , restrictive cardiomyopathy , heart failure

A 50-year-old man was admitted with a suspected acute coronary syndrome. The coronary angiogram, however, was normal. He was found to have a cardiomyopathy and eosinophilia. The diagnosis was established as a perimyocarditis secondary to the Churg-Strauss syndrome. An important question is whether an endomyocardial biopsy should have been performed.

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