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Usefulness of three‐dimensional echocardiography in the assessment of valvular involvement in Loeffler endocarditis |
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| Authors: | Carlos M. Hernandez MD Mohammed J. Arisha MD Amier Ahmad MD Ethan Oates MD Navin C. Nanda MD Anil Nanda MD Anita Wasan MD Beda E. Caleti MD Cinthia L. P. Bernal MD Sergio M. Gallardo MD |
| Affiliation: | 1. National Medical Center (Siglo XXI), Cardiology Hospital, IMSS, Mexico City, Mexico;2. Division of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA;3. Division of Internal Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA;4. Asthma and Allergy Center, Lewisville and Flower Mound, TX, USA;5. Division of Allergy and Immunology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA;6. Allergy and Asthma Center, McLean, VA, USA;7. National Medical Center (Siglo XXI), Specialties Hospital (Dr. Bernardo Sepulveda), IMSS, Mexico City, Mexico |
| Abstract: | Loeffler endocarditis is a complication of hypereosinophilic syndrome resulting from eosinophilic infiltration of heart tissue. We report a case of Loeffler endocarditis in which three‐dimensional transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography provided additional information to what was found by two‐dimensional transthoracic echocardiography alone. Our case illustrates the usefulness of combined two‐ and three‐dimensional echocardiography in the assessment of Loeffler endocarditis. In addition, a summary of the features of hypereosinophilic syndrome and Loeffler endocarditis is provided in tabular form. |
| Keywords: | allergy eosinophilia hypereosinophilic syndrome Loeffler endocarditis three‐dimensional echocardiography three‐dimensional transesophageal echocardiography three‐dimensional transthoracic echocardiography two‐dimensional echocardiography two‐dimensional transesophageal echocardiography two‐dimensional transthoracic echocardiography |