Exacerbation of eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA) with heart involvement mimicking acute coronary syndrome
Sokołowska, B.; Szczeklik, W.; Celejewska-Wójcik, N.; Macioł, K.; Stodółkiewicz, E.; Kaczmarek, Pław.; Nowakowski, T.; Mastalerz, L.; Musiał, J.
Przeglad Lekarski 70(11): 991-992
2013
ISSN/ISBN: 0033-2240 PMID: 24697045 Document Number: 663965
A case of a 49-year-old male with exacerbation of eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA) with heart involvement mimicking acute coronary syndrome is presented. Institution of intensive immunosupresive treatment resulted in the improvement of clinical condition and systolic left ventricular function. Coronary angiography excluded atherosclerosis as a primary cause of heart damage.
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