Unusual case of aortic valve involvement in patient with Loffler's endomyocarditis: Management, follow-up and short review of the literature

Bozcali, Evin; Aliyev, Farid; Agac, Mustafa; Erkan, Hakan; Okcun, Baris; Babalik, Erhan; Karpuz, Hakan

doi:10.1007/s11239-007-0029-5

Unusual case of aortic valve involvement in patient with Loffler's endomyocarditis: Management, follow-up and short review of the literature

Bozcali E., Aliyev F., Agac M. T., Erkan H., Okcun B., Babalik E., ...More

JOURNAL OF THROMBOSIS AND THROMBOLYSIS, vol.24, no.3, pp.309-313, 2007 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 24 Issue: 3
Publication Date: 2007
Doi Number: 10.1007/s11239-007-0029-5
Journal Name: JOURNAL OF THROMBOSIS AND THROMBOLYSIS
Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Page Numbers: pp.309-313
Istanbul University Affiliated: No

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 Loffler endomyocarditis with a mass on the aortic valve which showed regression with treatment.