Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Wiener, Morton J.
• Knights, Edwin M.

Titel

Löffler's endocarditis parietalis fibroplastica with eosinophilia

Ist Teil von

• The American heart journal, 1957, Vol.53 (1), p.157-161

Ort / Verlag

United States: Mosby, Inc

Erscheinungsjahr

1957

Quelle

Elsevier Journal Backfiles on ScienceDirect (DFG Nationallizenzen)

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• A case of Löffler's endocarditis parietalis fibroplastica is presented. Clinically there are many features which suggest an allergic etiology. Pathologically there are a few changes compatible with a rheumatic carditis, but a marked subendocardial fibrosis and mural thrombus formation suggests a different process. The steroids used late in the course might have been beneficial if used earlier in the disease.