A previously unreported case of a complex congenital cardiac anomaly consisting of coronary and valvular angiodysplasia, complicated by an eosinophilic endomyocardial disease, is described. The disorder presented clinically with congestive heart failure, which was characterized by evidence of floating masses causing severe pulmonary stenosis and dysfunction of the mitral and aortic valves. Symptoms of cardiac failure disappeared following pulmonary valve replacement and steroid therapy.
Coronary and valve angiodysplasia unmasked by eosinophilic vasculitis and endomyocarditis / Chimenti, Cristina; LA PENNA, E; Pieroni, M; SAN VITO, F; Alfieri, O; Maseri, A; Frustaci, Andrea. - In: CHEST. - ISSN 0012-3692. - STAMPA. - 126:5(2004), pp. 1700-1704. [10.1378/chest.126.5.1700]
Coronary and valve angiodysplasia unmasked by eosinophilic vasculitis and endomyocarditis.
CHIMENTI, CRISTINA;FRUSTACI, ANDREA
2004
Abstract
A previously unreported case of a complex congenital cardiac anomaly consisting of coronary and valvular angiodysplasia, complicated by an eosinophilic endomyocardial disease, is described. The disorder presented clinically with congestive heart failure, which was characterized by evidence of floating masses causing severe pulmonary stenosis and dysfunction of the mitral and aortic valves. Symptoms of cardiac failure disappeared following pulmonary valve replacement and steroid therapy.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.