Diagnosing cardiac involvement in the hypereosinophilic syndrome by cardiac magnetic resonance

Andrea Giuseppe Porto; Elisa McAlindon; Mark Hamilton; Nathan Manghat; Chiara Bucciarelli-Ducci

doi:10.1016/j.amjcard.2013.02.064

Diagnosing cardiac involvement in the hypereosinophilic syndrome by cardiac magnetic resonance

Am J Cardiol. 2013 Jul 1;112(1):135-6. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2013.02.064. Epub 2013 Apr 6.

Authors

Andrea Giuseppe Porto¹, Elisa McAlindon, Mark Hamilton, Nathan Manghat, Chiara Bucciarelli-Ducci

Affiliation

¹ Bristol Heart Institute, NIHR Biomedical Research Unit, Bristol, United Kingdom. [email protected]

PMID: 23570610
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2013.02.064

Abstract

Hypereosinophilic syndrome is characterized by unexplained hypereosinophilia involving different organ systems. The investigators present a patient diagnosed with hypereosinophilic syndrome in which cardiac magnetic resonance was pivotal in establishing the presence of cardiac involvement.

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

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Echocardiography
Female
Heart Diseases / diagnosis*
Heart Diseases / etiology*
Humans
Hypereosinophilic Syndrome / complications*
Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods*

Substances

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