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A case of Löffler's endocarditis parietalis fibroplastica presented with progressive congestive cardiac failure, persistent blood eosinophilia, and hemodynamics simulating constrictive pericarditis.
Case Report (n=1)
This case report highlights the clinical presentation of Löffler's endocarditis, noting its hemodynamic similarity to constrictive pericarditis.
Recognize Löffler's endocarditis as a mimic of constrictive pericarditis in eosinophilic heart failure; single case leaves open systematic evaluation.
A clinically and pathologically verified case of endocarditis parietalis fibroplastica Löffler is described. The prominent clinical signs were progressive congestive cardiac failure, persistent blood eosinophilia, afebrility. The hemodynamic picture simulated constrictive pericarditis. On the basis of morphological findings in the initial phase the case might have represented the classical Löffler or the Lennox type of the disease. Clinical and pathological considerations are discussed.
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Nagy et al. (1969) conducted a case report in Löffler's endocarditis parietalis fibroplastica (n=1). A case of Löffler's endocarditis parietalis fibroplastica presented with progressive congestive cardiac failure, persistent blood eosinophilia, and hemodynamics simulating constrictive pericarditis.
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