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Eosinophilic Heart: Marked Left Ventricular Wall Thickening and Myocardial Dysfunction Improving With Corticosteroid Therapy
Author(s) -
Adsett Michael,
West Malcolm J.,
Galbraith Andrew,
Duhig Edwina,
Lange Aleksandra,
Palka Przemyslaw
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1540-8175
pISSN - 0742-2822
DOI - 10.1046/j.1540-8175.2003.03043.x
Subject(s) - medicine , thickening , cardiology , eosinophilic , heart failure , diastolic function , corticosteroid , myocarditis , biopsy , diastole , pathology , blood pressure , chemistry , polymer science
We report a case of a 34‐year‐old male with acute severe heart failure associated with marked concentric left ventricular wall thickening and biopsy evidence of eosinophilic myocardial infiltrate. This appears to be an unusual description of this degree of concentric myocardial thickening in eosinophilic myocarditis coupled with Doppler tissue echocardiography. Following high‐dose corticosteroid treatment, wall thickness, systolic and diastolic left ventricular function normalized and the patient experienced a dramatic clinical improvement. (ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, Volume 20, May 2003)