Acute chest pain, heart failure, and eosinophilia in a woman without coronary disease

Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2009 Nov;32(6):1272-4. doi: 10.1007/s00270-009-9516-8. Epub 2009 Feb 26.

Abstract

This case report describes cardiac manifestations in a female patient with Churg-Strauss syndrome (CSS). Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMRI) is the only imaging modality able to depict cardiac involvement with endomyocardial fibrosis, myocardial edema, pericarditis associated with pericardial effusions, and apical thrombi in the left or right ventricle. The encasement of the tricuspid valve caused by an obliterating thrombus of the right ventricular cavity, as observed in our patient, is very rare. CMRI is a potentially important diagnostic tool for the early detection of dangerous cardiac complications of CSS, allowing optimal and timely therapy and reducing the comorbidity of the disease.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Chest Pain / diagnosis
  • Chest Pain / etiology
  • Churg-Strauss Syndrome / complications*
  • Coronary Thrombosis / diagnosis*
  • Coronary Thrombosis / etiology
  • Eosinophilia / diagnosis
  • Eosinophilia / etiology
  • Female
  • Heart Failure / diagnosis
  • Heart Failure / etiology
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods*
  • Middle Aged