Eosinophilic Necrotizing Myocarditis Complicated by Myocardial Rupture
Karpova, O.Yu.; Monovtsov, R.Yu.; Dvoretsky, L.I.; Cherepantsev, G.R.; Magnitskiy, A.V.
Kardiologiia 57(5): 91-96
2017
ISSN/ISBN: 0022-9040 PMID: 28762928 Document Number: 691743
In this female patient eosinophilic myocarditis was complicated by myocardial rupture and hemopericardium with cardiac tamponade. Special features of this case were old age of the patient, fulminant course of the disease, myocardial infarction-like ECG changes, absence of peripheral blood eosinophilia. Presentation is accompanied by discussion of issues of epidemiology, clinical course, diagnostics, and possible causes of eosinophilic myocarditis.