Echocardiographic myocardial imaging reveals segmental cardiomyopathy in Churg-Strauss syndrome.

Antonio Vitarelli, Lidia Capotosto, Edoardo Rosato, Felice Salsano

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Article in Texas Heart Institute journal, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

Coronary artery vasculitis: a review of current literature.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2021
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A Churg-Strauss syndrome patient with myopericardial involvement.Journal of cardiology cases · 2015
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[19-year-old asthma patient with pronounced eosinophilia and acute coronary syndrome].Der Internist · 2011
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Antonio VitarelliCardiac Department, Sapienza University, 00198 Rome, Italy. vitar@tiscali.it

Lidia Capotosto

Edoardo Rosato

Felice Salsano

Sapienza University of Rome · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cardiovascular involvement is the leading cause of morbidity and death in Churg-Strauss syndrome. Herein, we describe the case of a 47-year-old man with Churg-Strauss syndrome, in whom the use of novel echocardiographic techniques revealed segmental cardiomyopathy. Tissue Doppler and speckle-tracking imaging showed that both longitudinal and radial strain were impaired at the septal level and that the impairment of circumferential strain affected left ventricular torsion. Our case shows that advanced echocardiography with myocardial strain imaging in multiple vectors can identify systolic-diastolic abnormalities in a patient with myocardial infiltration and a normal left ventricular ejection fraction.

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Echocardiography, Doppler, ColorCardiomyopathiesChurg-Strauss SyndromeFibrosisHumansMaleMiddle AgedMyocardial ContractionMyocardiumTorsion AbnormalityVentricular Dysfunction, LeftVentricular Function, LeftCardiomyopathies/diagnosis/etiologyChurg-Strauss syndrome/complications/diagnosis/physiopathology/ultrasonographyechocardiography, Doppler, color/methodsechocardiography/methodsfibrosisheart diseases/etiologyheart/physiopathologymyocardium/pathologytorsion abnormality/ultrasonographyventricular dysfunction, left/ultrasonography

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PMCPMC2953225

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