title: [Cardiomyopathy and hypereosinophilia: a post-partum case].
abstract: Cardiomiopathy and hypereosinophilia: a post-partum case. A case of cardiomyopathy and hyperoesinophilia observed soon after delivery is reported. A wide spectrum of different clinical entities characterized by peripheral hyperoesinophilia, tissue infiltration and eosinophil-mediated organ damage is referred to as hypereosinophilic syndrome and their distinction is often challenging. Cardiac involvement is frequent in such these syndromes and worsens prognosis. A prompt recognition and therapy of the underlying disease and of its peripheral expression, as in the following case, may improve patients' outcome.
authors.affiliation: U.O.C. Medicina Cardiovascolare, Fondazione Gabriele Monasterio, Pisa. giuseppe.vergaro@ftgm.it
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vergaro
authors.forename: Eleonora
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Catarsi
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dascanio
authors.forename: Marianna
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fontana
authors.forename: Giovanni Donato
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Aquaro
authors.forename: Luigi Emilio
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Pastormerlo
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Valleggi
authors.forename: Claudio
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Passino
authors.forename: Michele
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Emdin
authors.forename: Antonio Gaetano
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Tavoni
mesh_terms: D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017681:Hypereosinophilic Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D049590:Postpartum Period; D055815:Young Adult