title: Heart transplantation in a patient with endomyocardial fibrosis due to hypereosinophilic syndrome.
abstract: Idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome (HES), a systemic disease that commonly involves the heart leading to progressive endomyocardial fibrosis, frequently manifests as restrictive cardiomyopathy. In this report, we describe the first case of a patient with endomyocardial fibrosis due to HES who underwent orthotopic heart transplantation at our institution. A literature review and discussion are included.
authors.affiliation: New Zealand Heart and Lung Transplant Service, Auckland City Hospital, New Zealand. dkorczyk@ihug.co.nz
authors.forename: Dariusz
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Korczyk
authors.forename: Graeme
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.forename: Hugh
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: McAlistair
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: May
authors.forename: Arthur
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Coverdale
authors.forename: Helen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gibbs
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ruygrok
mesh_terms: D004719:Endomyocardial Fibrosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D004804:Eosinophils / Q000166:cytology; D005260:Female; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D017681:Hypereosinophilic Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D008875:Middle Aged