title: Restrictive left ventricular filling in hypereosinophilic syndrome as a result of partial cavity obliteration by an apical mass: a strain/strain rate study.
abstract: We present a case of hypereosinophilic syndrome with a large apical mass, which markedly reduced end-systolic left ventricular cavity volume. Standard blood pool Doppler findings showed a restrictive filling pattern. However, ultrasound-derived regional strain rate and strain parameters suggested that wall deformation was not compromised, inferring that the restrictive filling pattern in this case was solely as a result of the reduction in end-systolic cavity size.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: Elif
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Eroglu
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Di Salvo
authors.forename: Lieven
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Herbots
authors.forename: Marie-Christine
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Herregods
authors.forename: George R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Sutherland
mesh_terms: D001783:Blood Flow Velocity / Q000502:physiology; D002313:Cardiomyopathy, Restrictive / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D017681:Hypereosinophilic Syndrome / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009200:Myocardial Contraction / Q000502:physiology; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology; D013318:Stroke Volume / Q000502:physiology; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology*