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Tropical Endomyocardial Fibrosis [PDF]
JACC: Case Reports, 2020 Tropical endomyocardial fibrosis is a common cause of restrictive cardiomyopathy worldwide, but is relatively rare in developed countries. We present a case of tropical endomyocardial fibrosis with right ventricular involvement initially mistaken as ...
Joanne S. Sutter, MD +2 more
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Surgical Management of The Endomyocardial Fibrosis of Right Ventricle Mimicking Tumor with Recurrent Pulmonary Embolism [PDF]
Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery, 2022 Endomyocardial fibrosis is a neglected tropical disease that leads to restrictive cardiomyopathy. Its etiopathogenis is unclear and involves the progression of 3 stages of the disease.
Reda Bzikha, Sébastien Queron
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A case presentation of patient from northern China with endomyocardial fibrosis [PDF]
BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 2019 Background Endomyocardial fibrosis (EMF) is a rare condition and a major cause of death in tropical countries. The etiology of EMF remains elusive, and no specific treatment has been developed yet, therefore it carries poor prognosis.
Yonggang Yuan, Yingkai Li, Zesheng Xu
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Left ventricle endomyocardial fibrosis: a case report [PDF]
Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2023 Background Endomyocardial fibrosis is a grim disease. It is the most common restrictive cardiomyopathy worldwide, but the exact etiology and pathogenesis both remain unknown. Endomyocardial fibrosis is recurrently associated with chronic eosinophilia and
Raquel Reis Soares +8 more
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Endomyocardial fibrosis. [PDF]
Cardiovasc Diagn Ther, 2020 Endomyocardial fibrosis (EMF) is a neglected cardiovascular disease of poverty which carries a poor prognosis with no specific treatment affecting mainly children and young adults. Here, we report our 10-year experience in the therapeutic management and surgical treatment for EMF.From February 2009 to 2019 March, 55 patients diagnosed with EMF from our
Iroegbu CD, Chen W, Wu X, Wu M, Yang J.
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Identification of common blood gene signatures for the diagnosis of renal and cardiac acute allograft rejection. [PDF]
, 2013 To test, whether 10 genes, diagnostic of renal allograft rejection in blood, are able to diagnose and predict cardiac allograft rejection, we analyzed 250 blood samples from heart transplant recipients with and without acute rejection (AR) and with ...
Hsieh, Szu-Chuan +9 more
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A Rare Case of Severe Nontropical Isolated Right Ventricular Endomyocardial Fibrosis [PDF]
JACC: Case Reports, 2020 We present a case of late presentation nontropical endomyocardial fibrosis isolated to the right ventricle and tricuspid valve (TV). In response to deteriorating hemodynamics, surgical debulking and TV removal were performed before initiation of ...
Shaaheen Laher, MBBS +8 more
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An Unusual Case of Tricuspid Stenosis [PDF]
European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 2018 Tricuspid stenosis is an uncommon valvular abnormality commonly associated with other valvular lesions. Ebstein's anomaly is a rare congenital heart malformation characterized primarily by abnormalities of the tricuspid valve and right ventricle ...
Sara Ferreira +6 more
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Endomyocardial fibrosis with right ventricular aneurysm mimicking ARVC – A case report from India
Indian Heart Journal, 2016 A 48-year-old man presented with chronic right sided heart failure. 2D echocardiography revealed the classical features of left ventricular endomyocardial fibrosis with a prominent right ventricular apical aneurysm. Right ventriculography further defined
Suneesh Kalliath +2 more
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