title: The diagnostic value of transthoracic echocardiography for eosinophilic myocarditis: A single center experience from China.
abstract: The aim of this study is to explore the value of transthoracic echocardiography in the diagnosis of eosinophilic myocarditis. The echocardiographic characteristics of nine patients with eosinophilic myocarditis in our hospital between January 2004 and January 2012 were retrospectively reviewed. In our study, four of the nine patients were diagnosed to have small pericardial effusion. The obliteration of the apical cavity was observed in five of the nine patients. There were six patients with both mitral and tricuspid regurgitation, one patient with only mitral regurgitation, and one patient with only tricuspid regurgitation. Transthoracic echocardiography showed that the diameters of the left and right atria were both increased in eight of the nine patients. The diameter of the left ventricle was increased in five patients, and the right ventricular diameter was increased in four patients. The left ventricular ejection fraction was decreased in two of the nine patients. Five of the nine patients had pulmonary hypertension, and one patient had severe pulmonary hypertension. Transthoracic echocardiography is the primary method for the diagnosis of eosinophilic myocarditis and is also useful in follow-up of the disease.
authors: Department of Ultrasound, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Wuhan 430022, China.
authors: Mingxing
authors: M
authors: Xie
authors: Department of Ultrasound, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Wuhan 430022, China; Department of Medicine, George Washington University Medical Center, 2150 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., WA, DC 20037, USA. Electronic address: tcheng@mfa.gwu.edu.
authors: Tsung O
authors: TO
authors: Cheng
authors: Department of Ultrasound, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Wuhan 430022, China.
authors: Hongwen
authors: H
authors: Fei
authors: Department of Ultrasound, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Wuhan 430022, China.
authors: Pingping
authors: P
authors: Ren
authors: GuangDong General Hospital, GuangDong Provincial Academic Of Medical Science, Guangzhou 510080, People's Republic of China.
authors: Yale
authors: Y
authors: He
authors: Department of Ultrasound, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Wuhan 430022, China.
authors: Xinfang
authors: X
authors: Wang
authors: Department of Ultrasound, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Wuhan 430022, China.
authors: Qing
authors: Q
authors: Lu
authors: Department of Ultrasound, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Wuhan 430022, China.
authors: Wei
authors: W
authors: Han
authors: Department of Ultrasound, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Wuhan 430022, China.
authors: Ke
authors: K
authors: Li
authors: Department of Ultrasound, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Wuhan 430022, China.
authors: Ling
authors: L
authors: Li
authors: Department of Ultrasound, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Wuhan 430022, China.
authors: Yali
authors: Y
authors: Yang
authors: GuangDong General Hospital, GuangDong Provincial Academic Of Medical Science, Guangzhou 510080, People's Republic of China.
authors: Oudi
authors: O
authors: Chen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy / Q000379:methods; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology / Q000469:parasitology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D032342:Muscle Cells / Q000473:pathology; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000276:immunology / Q000469:parasitology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012720:Severity of Illness Index
keywords: Echocardiography; Eosinophilic myocarditis