Echocardiographic features of eosinophilic endomyocardial disease.
Key result
Amplitude processed two-dimensional echocardiography identified regions of fibrosis corresponding to known areas in 7 of 9 patients with eosinophilic endomyocardial disease.
Why the study?
Can M-mode and two-dimensional echocardiography evaluate specific features of eosinophilic endomyocardial disease?
Population
9 patients with eosinophilic endomyocardial disease who had undergone angiocardiography with histological…
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Implication
May aid fibrosis assessment in hypereosinophilia; leaves open prospective validation before clinical adoption.
Study Design
Type
Observational (n=9)
Structured PICO
Can M-mode and two-dimensional echocardiography evaluate specific features of eosinophilic endomyocardial disease?
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Population
9 patients with eosinophilic endomyocardial disease who had undergone angiocardiography with histological staging.
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Exposure
M-mode and two-dimensional echocardiography (including amplitude processed)
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Outcome
Evaluation of specific features of the disease by non-invasive methodssurrogate
Amplitude processed two-dimensional echocardiography may be useful in diagnosing the extent and severity of endomyocardial disease in patients with hypereosinophilia.
Cite This Study
Davies et al. (1982) conducted an observational in Eosinophilic endomyocardial disease (n=9). Amplitude processed two-dimensional echocardiography vs. Standard two-dimensional echocardiography was evaluated on Detection of specific features of endomyocardial disease (regions of fibrosis). Amplitude processed two-dimensional echocardiography identified regions of fibrosis corresponding to known areas in 7 of 9 patients with eosinophilic endomyocardial disease.