Keywords :
Child; Echocardiography; Endomyocardial Fibrosis/complications/diagnosis; Fatal Outcome; Heart Valve Prosthesis; Humans; Hypereosinophilic Syndrome/complications; Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine; Male; Mitral Valve Insufficiency/diagnosis/etiology/surgery; Hypereosinophilic syndrome; Loeffler endocarditis; heart failure
Abstract :
[en] Eosinophilic endomyocarditis is extremely rare in paediatrics. This case report aims to present the sequential changes from thrombotic to fibrotic stages of the cardiac involvement in a child with hypereosinophilic syndrome. Endomyocardial fibrosis progressively aggravated the severity of the mitral regurgitation. Bioprosthetic valve replacement was finally performed without recurrence of cardiac complications despite a late relapse of the underlying disease.
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