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Hypereosinophilic heart disease
Author(s) -
Cameron James,
Radford Dorothy J.,
O'Brien Mark F.,
Howell John
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1985.tb123104.x
Subject(s) - medicine , endomyocardial fibrosis , cardiology , heart failure , tricuspid valve , hemodynamics , atrioventricular valve , surgery , fibrosis , ventricle
A 45‐year‐old patient with cardiac involvement from the idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome suffered from severe congestive cardiac failure with progressive deterioration despite intensive medical therapy. Investigations indicated bilateral ventricular infiltration with endomyocardial fibrosis which had caused severe haemodynamic restriction and bilateral atrioventricular valvular incompetence. Extensive surgery, which included bilateral ventricular endomyomectomy and mitral and tricuspid valve replacements, resulted in a significant improvement for six months.