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Clinical spectrum and endomyocardial biopsy findings in eosinophilic heart disease

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Fourteen cases of heart disease with hypereosinophilia were analyzed employing conventional cardiologic methods, including echocardiography, cardiac catheterization, and endomycoardial biopsy. The cases were divided into four types: (1) Acute carditic (endocarditis, myocarditis, pericarditis; five cases); (2) ventricular dilation (three cases); (3) restrictive (three cases); (4) electric disturbance (three cases). Biopsy revealed significant changes in all cases. In one case of the ventricular dilation type, endomyocardial fibrosis with myocardial degeneration was seen, and in another case mural thrombus formation was shown to be present. In three cases of the restrictive type, endomyocardial fibrosis (EMF) was observed. In two cases of the electric disturbance type, minor right ventricular myocardial degeneration was observed. In two of the three cases of the carditic type and in three of eight cases in other categories, postmyocarditic changes were observed. The course of the disease compared with the type of disorder revealed a short course in the carditic type and a longer course, ranging from 2 to 24 years, with one exception, in the other types. It is also confirmed that the various histopathologic changes can be related to particular clinical presentations. We have shown that the basic changes in eosinophilic heart disease are not restricted to the endomyocardium and that they occur in various parts of the heart causing more widespread manifestations. The more comprehensive term “eosinophilic heart diease” is a preferable description.

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  1. The Heart Institute of Japan, Tokyo Women's Medical College, 10 Ichigaya-Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, 162, Tokyo, Japan

    Machiko Take, Morie Sekiguchi, Michiaki Hiroe & Koshichiro Hirosawa

  2. 2nd Department of Internal Medicine, Tokyo Women's Medical College, 10 Ichigaya-Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, 162, Tokyo, Japan

    Hideaki Mizoguchi

  3. Fukushima Medical College, Japan

    Mikihiko Kijima

  4. Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan

    Takanori Shirai

  5. Chiba University, Japan

    Takeshi Ishide

  6. Tokyo Teishin Hospital, Japan

    Shuichi Okubo

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This study was partially supported by a grant for Intractable Diseases from the Japanese Ministry of Health and Welfare

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Take, M., Sekiguchi, M., Hiroe, M. et al. Clinical spectrum and endomyocardial biopsy findings in eosinophilic heart disease. Heart Vessels 1 (Suppl 1), 243–249 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02072403

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