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- Title
Acute Eosinophilic Myocarditis with Dramatic Response to Steroid Therapy.
- Authors
Eppenberger, Manuela; Hack, Dietrich; Ammann, Peter; Rickli, Hans; Maeder, Micha T.
- Abstract
Acute eosinophilic myocarditis is a rare cause of acute heart failure. We present the case of a 32-year-old woman who had presumptive eosinophilic myocarditis as part of a generalized hypersensitivity reaction (Drug Rash with Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms [DRESS] syndrome) that exhibited a dramatic response to steroid therapy. We highlight the central role of 2-dimensional and tissue-Doppler echocardiography in the diagnosis of myocarditis and the serial evaluation of left ventricular systolic and diastolic function in this setting.
- Subjects
MYOCARDITIS; HEART failure; DRESS syndrome; STEROID drugs; DOPPLER echocardiography; DIAGNOSTIC ultrasonic imaging
- Publication
Texas Heart Institute Journal, 2013, Vol 40, Issue 3, p327
- ISSN
1526-6702
- Publication type
Article