ArticleJournal of cardiothoracic surgery2012
Löffler endocarditis: a rare cause of acute cardiac failure.
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- Unmasking the Apex: Multimodality Imaging for the Evaluation of Left Ventricular Apical Obliteration.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Cardiomegaly and Low Voltage Suggest Cardiac Involvement in a Patient With Hypereosinophilic Syndrome: A Case Report.Cureus · 2023Article
- A case report of Löffler endocarditis in idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome: recovery is possible.European heart journal. Case reports · 2018Article
- Multiparametric cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) for the diagnosis of Loeffler's endocarditis: a case report.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2017Article
- An Unusual Case of Loffler Endomyocarditis after Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy Induced by Deep Neck Infection.Acta Cardiologica Sinica · 2015Article
- Multiple Cerebral Infarcts and Encephalopathy as the First Clinical Manifestations of Hypereosinophilic Syndrome: A Case Report and Narrative Review.Pulse (Basel, Switzerland)Article
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Abstract
We describe a patient with acute cardiogenic shock due to cardiac involvement in idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome (Löffler endocarditis). At the echocardiography, there was a huge mass in the left ventricular cavity, resulting in inflow- and outflow tract obstruction. The posterior leaflet of the mitral valve apparatus was completely embedded in a big (organized) thrombus mass. The patient was treated with high dose corticosteroids, however without effect. Partial remission was achieved after treatment with hydroxycarbamide. He was also treated with anticoagulants and high dose beta-blockers. The patient's condition improved remarkably after correction of the mitral valve insufficiency by a mitral valve bioprosthesis.
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