title: A case of biventricular endomyocardial fibrosis complicated by right ventricular outflow tract aneurysms.
abstract: Endomyocardial fibrosis remains a major public health problem worldwide. It is a restrictive cardiomyopathy, of uncertain aetiology, which may lead to right, left or biventricular heart failure. Progress continues to be made in understanding the prevalence and natural history of this disease. Specific treatment, apart from surgery, remains suboptimal. We report a case of advanced, biventricular EMF complicated by right ventricular outflow tract aneurysms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital and University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. drrgoncalves@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Ricardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gonçalves
authors.forename: Ruchika
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Meel
mesh_terms: D004452:Echocardiography; D004719:Endomyocardial Fibrosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011859:Radiography