Acute necrotising eosinophilic myocarditis.
- 1 September 1984
- Vol. 52 (3) , 343-348
- https://doi.org/10.1136/hrt.52.3.343
Abstract
Löffler's endocarditis is a recognised complication of diseases associated with eosinophilia. Eosinophilic heart disease is usually chronic, but there is a rare acute variety. Three patients with an unusual form of eosinophilic heart disease characterised by acute necrotising eosinophilic myocarditis after a possible initial viral infection and underlying allergic diathesis are reported. In contrast to previously reported cases of acute Löffler's endocarditis there was no notable extracardiac pathology.Keywords
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