Surgical experience with thrombotic and fibrotic forms of non-tropical eosinophilic endomyocardial disease.
Surgical treatment in 8 cases of non-tropical eosinophilic endomyocardial diseases with (4 patients) and without (4 patients) eosinophilia is reported. Follow-up results (1 to 4 years) in the 6 survivors, including hemodynamic re-study, were excellent even in patients operated on in the thrombotic stage (3) or with hypereosinophilia (2), or with dominant right ventricular involvement (3). Two-dimensional echocardiography gave the correct description of the pathologic stage and ventricular involvement in 6 of the 8 cases before catheterization.
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Palik
D000328:Adult; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D004452:Echocardiography; D004699:Endocardium; D004719:Endomyocardial Fibrosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000145:classification / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000145:classification / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009206:Myocardium