title: [Hypereosinophilic syndrome and acute ventricular failure].
abstract: Hypereosinophilic syndromes are characterized by very high levels of eosinophils in peripheral blood and a dysfunction of several organs as a consequence of their massive infiltration by eosinophilic cells. Cardiac alterations are traditionally known as fibroplastic endomyocarditis (Loeffler's Syndrome). We present the case of a female patient admitted in another center for the study of an accidentally discovered eosinophilia and referred to us because of her progressive hemodynamic deterioration followed by a poor clinical evolution. The anatomopathologic findings showed the classical injuries of this Syndrome; specially at cardiac level, where it is important to highlight the occupation of all the right ventricule's cavity by a clog. These injuries justified the origin of the stormy clinical presentation.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital Princeps D'Espanya, Barcelona.
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Martínez Lacasa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Górriz Vidal
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Guionnet Anguera
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Martos Rodríguez
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fernández Villadrich
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Ferrer Sierra
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D004719:Endomyocardial Fibrosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D011657:Pulmonary Eosinophilia / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology
vernacular_title: Síndrome hipereosinofílico y fracaso ventricular agudo.