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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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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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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Multimodality imaging of a rare case of apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with endomyocardial fibrosis and myocardial calcification: case report and literature review [PDF]
Frontiers in Cardiovascular MedicineApical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (ApHCM) complicated by endomyocardial fibrosis (EMF) and myocardial calcification (MC) is an extremely rare clinical entity. This report describes a 54-year-old woman with exertional dyspnea and edema.
Yuting Yi, Shuai Wang, Daoquan Peng
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Does quantitative left ventricular regional wall motion change after fibrous tissue resection in endomyocardial fibrosis? [PDF]
Clinics, 2009 OBJECTIVES: We compared left ventricular regional wall motion, the global left ventricular ejection fraction, and the New York Heart Association functional class pre- and postoperatively.
Vera Maria Cury Salemi +8 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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An unusual cause of unstable angina: endomyocardial fibrosis [PDF]
European Journal of Case Reports in Internal MedicineAlthough rare globally, endomyocardial fibrosis (EMF) is the leading cause of restrictive cardiomyopathy in some tropical countries. However, its aetiology and pathogenesis remain unclear. Epidemiology data are limited but the highest prevalence has been
Manuel Tapia Martinez +4 more
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