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Cine-MRI-aided endomyocardectomy in idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome
M Chandra1, R I Pettigrew, J W Eley
1Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|December 1, 1996
Abstract:
The idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome is a leukoproliferative disorder marked by a predilection to damage specific organs, including the heart. This report describes a patient with extensive endocardial fibrosis accompanying this syndrome. Right ventricular endomyocardectomy with preservation of the tricuspid valve was performed. The procedure was aided by cine-magnetic resonance imaging for preoperative assessment and follow-up of surgical results.