ArticleThe Indian journal of medical research2012
Tropical endomyocardial fibrosis in India: a vanishing disease!
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- A Narrative Review on Endomyocardial Fibrosis: Unraveling an Under-Recognized Tropical Heart Disease.Cureus · 2025Review
- Endomyocardial fibrosis: recent advances and future therapeutic targets.Nature reviews. Cardiology · 2025Review
- Endomyocardial fibrosis: a tragic conundrum or a mere negligence?BMJ case reports · 2023Article
- Cardiovascular diseases in Africa in the twenty-first century: Gaps and priorities going forward.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2022Review
- Trends in Annual Incidence Rates of Newly Diagnosed Endomyocardial Fibrosis Cases at the Uganda Heart Institute: A 14-Year Review.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2022Article
- Multimodality Imaging in Endomyocardial Fibrosis: An Unusual Etiology of Heart Failure.CASE (Philadelphia, Pa.) · 2021Article
- Endomyocardial fibrosis: past, present, and future.Heart failure reviews · 2020Review
- Challenges in addressing the knowledge gap on endomyocardial fibrosis through community-based studies.Cardiovascular diagnosis and therapy · 2020Review
- Cardiovascular Diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa Compared to High-Income Countries: An Epidemiological Perspective.Global heart · 2020Review
- A case presentation of patient from northern China with endomyocardial fibrosis.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2019Article
- Endomyocardial Fibrosis: an Update After 70 Years.Current cardiology reports · 2019Review
- Severe Left Ventricular Endomyocardial Fibrosis Presenting as Biventricular Failure in a Young Adult: A Case Report.Journal of clinical and diagnostic research : JCDR · 2016Article
- Cardiac surgery in Africa: a thirty-five year experience on open heart surgery in Cote d'Ivoire.Cardiovascular diagnosis and therapy · 2016Article
- Endomyocardial fibrosis with right ventricular aneurysm mimicking ARVC - A case report from India.Indian heart journal · 2016Article
- Endomyocardial fibrosis (EMF) in a Ugandan child with advanced hepatosplenic schistosomiasis: coincidence or connection?The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2014Article
- Right ventricular endomyocardial fibrosis (2013 Grover Conference series).Pulmonary circulation · 2014Review
- Endomyocardial fibrosis in Sudan: clinical and echocardiographic features.Cardiovascular journal of AfricaArticle
- An unusual cause of heart failure in postoperative tetralogy of Fallot.Annals of pediatric cardiologyArticle
- Endocrine causes of heart failure: A clinical primer for cardiologists.Indian heart journalReview
- Clinical profile of restrictive cardiomyopathy in children at a South Indian tertiary care cardiac center: A retrospective three decade experience.Annals of pediatric cardiologyArticle
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Abstract
Tropical endomyocardial fibrosis in India was a common medical problem in the coastal districts of south India, especially the Kerala State. The clinical and autopsy studies have shown left and right ventricular apical fibrosis, with varying degree of atrioventricular valve regurgitation. Left ventricular endomyocardial fibrosis presents with severe pulmonary hypertension and right ventricular endomyocardial fibrosis presents very high systemic venous pressure and congestive cardiac failure. Surgical management improved the natural history of the disease to some extent. Various infectious and toxic factors were postulated regarding its aetiology. During the last few years, incidence of the disease has decreased considerably. The only explanation identified is the significant improvement in the living standards of the people with the corresponding decline in the childhood malnutrition, infections, worm infestation and associated eosinophilia.
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