title: [Churg-Strauss syndrome with pericardial and myocardial involvement].
abstract: We report the case of a 63-year-old female diagnosed with Churg-Strauss syndrome with both pericardial tamponade and myocardial involvement with congestive heart failure. Allergic granulomatosis and angiitis (Churg-Strauss syndrome) is classically characterized by hypereosinophilia and systemic necrotizing vasculitis of medium and small arteries in patients with previous allergic rhinitis or bronchial asthma. Subsequently the disease has been shown to be associated with cardiac involvement and is responsible for higher morbidity and mortality. The literature for Churg-Strauss syndrome of the heart is reviewed and recent advances in the clinical management of the disease according to appropriate therapeutic strategies are recommended.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Universitario Puerta del Mar, Cádiz.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Caballero
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zayas
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Arana
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cano
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Berruezo
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Piñero
mesh_terms: D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D015267:Churg-Strauss Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*