Loeffler’s Endocarditis – Unforgiving Eosinophilic Damage to the Endocardium

Hypereosinophilic syndrome (HES) is defined as hypereosinophilia due to any cause (absolute eosinophil count > 1500 cells/μL) in the peripheral blood, which leads to eosinophil-mediated multiorgan damage. Cardiac involvement is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality among patients with HE...

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Published in:	Journal of the Indian Academy of Echocardiography & Cardiovascular Imaging
Main Authors:	Ajay Sinha, Pramod Kumar, Saket Sharma, Shraddha Ranjan
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2024-12-01
Subjects:	eosinophilia fip1-like-1-platelet-derived growth factor receptor alpha hypereosinophilic syndrome loeffler’s endocarditis parasitic infections restrictive cardiomyopathy
Online Access:	https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/jiae.jiae_43_24

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