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Case Report Early Stage Loeffler's Endocarditis Detected by Transthoracic Echocardiography.
Min Kyu Kang, Won Jong Park, Sung Yun Jung, Su Mi Kim, Tae Hun Kwon, Young Ha Ryu, Jang Won Son, Dong Gu Shin
Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science 2012;29(2):118-120
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12701/yujm.2012.29.2.118
Published online: December 31, 2012
Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University, Daegu, Korea. dgshin@yu.ac.kr
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Loeffler's endocarditis involves progressive eosinophilic infiltration of the endocardium, which leads to apical thrombotic obliteration of the ventricle and endomyocardial fibrosis, that may finally represent a characteristic feature of restrictive cardiomyopathy. This paper presents a case of a 44-year-old male with symptoms of dyspnea and peripheral hypereosinophilia, who was diagnosed with early stage Loeffler's endocarditis via multicardiac imaging modalities.

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