title: Unusual case of aortic valve involvement in patient with Löffler's endomyocarditis: management, follow-up and short review of the literature.
abstract: Idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome (IHES) is an uncommon systemic disease which is characterised by blood eosinophilia and multiple clinical presentations. Cardiac involvement is the major cause of mortality and morbidity. Here we describe a 59-year-old man with symptoms of progressive dyspnea on exertion, and productive cough as an unusual case of Löffler endomyocarditis with a mass on the aortic valve which showed regression with treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Istanbul University Cerrahpasa School of Medicine, Istanbul 212, Turkey.
authors.forename: Evin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bozcali
authors.forename: Farid
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Aliyev
authors.forename: Mustafa Tarik
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Agac
authors.forename: Hakan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Erkan
authors.forename: Baris
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Okcun
authors.forename: Erhan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Babalik
authors.forename: Hakan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Karpuz
mesh_terms: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D017681:Hypereosinophilic Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008297:Male; D008775:Methylprednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008875:Middle Aged; D014463:Ultrasonography
chemical_list: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D008775:Methylprednisolone