Mitral valve replacement in idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome.
Idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome is a rare systemic disease that can cause one form of endocardial fibrosis. Endocardial fibrous tissue with overlying thrombus formation in idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome leads to a restrictive cardiomyopathy that may produce mitral and/or tricuspid regurgitation. This report describes a patient with idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome who underwent mitral valve replacement and successful steroid therapy for an usually localized form of endocardial fibrosis.
D004696:Endocarditis / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000150:complications*; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000601:surgery; D013577:Syndrome