The Utility of FDG-PET/CT in the Assessment and Management of Loeffler’ s Endocarditis

A Pundyavana, A Bhattaru, S Chinta, W Raynor… - 2024 - Soc Nuclear Med
242388 Introduction: Review current diagnostic guidelines for Loeffler's endocarditis.
Explore the utility of FDG-PET/CT for disease assessment and management. Methods …

The role of cardiac MRI in the diagnosis and management of Loeffler's endocarditis: a case report with clinical and pathologic correlation

KC Hilty, JA Koonce, RW Ston… - The Open …, 2010 - benthamopen.com
Cardiac manifestations of the hypereosinophilic syndrome (HES), first described by Loeffler
in 1936, are rare and difficult to image. We report a fatal case of Loeffler's endocarditis in a …

CARDIAC CT IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF LOEFFLER'S ENDOCARDITIS: A NOVEL APPLICATION

M Nayfeh JR, MA Rifai, MS Alfawara, P Satish… - Journal of the American …, 2023 - jacc.org
Background Loeffler's endocarditis is a rare restrictive cardiomyopathy caused by abnormal
endomyocardial infiltration of eosinophils. Disease process is characterized by three stages …

Confirmation of diagnosis and graduation of inflammatory activity of Loeffler endocarditis by hybrid positron emission tomography/magnetic resonance imaging

N Langwieser, G von Olshausen… - European heart …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
A 73-year-old woman presented with a 3-week history of progressive exertional dyspnoea
and elevated cardiac enzymes. Cardiac catheterization revealed no coronary artery disease …

[HTML][HTML] Loeffler's endocarditis and the diagnostic utility of multimodality imaging

S Afzal, T Ahmed, T Saleem, A Chan - Cureus, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Loeffler's endocarditis is a rare form of restrictive cardiomyopathy associated with
eosinophilia and endomyocardial fibrosis. It manifests most commonly as diastolic …

Loeffler's endocarditis: an integrated multimodality approach

MV Polito, A Hagendorff, R Citro, C Prota… - Journal of the American …, 2020 - Elsevier
Loeffler's endocarditis (LE) is the cardiac manifestation of hypereosinophilic syndrome, a
rare systemic disease characterized by the sustained production of eosinophils leading to …

Loeffler endocarditis causing heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF): characteristic images and diagnostic pathway

S Lupu, M Pop, A Mitre - Diagnostics, 2022 - mdpi.com
We report the case of a 69-year-old female patient in which echocardiography and cardiac
magnetic resonance imaging were used to diagnose a patient presenting with heart failure …

Multiparametric cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) for the diagnosis of Loeffler's endocarditis: a case report

M Gastl, P Behm, C Jacoby, M Kelm… - BMC Cardiovascular …, 2017 - Springer
Background Endocarditis parietalis fibroplastica Löfflein (EPF) is a rare form of primary
restrictive cardiomyopathy with poor prognosis. It is generally caused by hypereosinophilic …

[HTML][HTML] Incidental Late Stage Loeffler's Endocarditis in an Asymptomatic Patient

T Gomez, S Munoz, E Purohit, C Madison, L Franey… - CASE, 2024 - Elsevier
Loeffler's endocarditis is a rare form of restrictive cardiomyopathy caused by
endomyocardial infiltration of eosinophils. Patients typically become symptomatic when …

[PDF][PDF] Multimodality imaging in Loeffler endocarditis as a rare cause of stroke

S Scadi, L Filippetti, MPN Mottoh, N Pace, C Davril… - amcar.ma
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Multimodality imaging in Loeffler endocarditis as a rare cause of stroke S.Scadi, L.Filippetti …