Loeffler endocarditis of the left ventricle: cardiac magnetic resonance findings.

W report the case of a 70 year-old woman of Caucasic origin. She was admitted to the emergency department for dyspnoea and hospitalised for acute pulmonary oedema. On admission, eosinophilia was documented. Twodimension (2D) echocardiography displayed normal left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF = 65%) and transmitral restrictive pattern. Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) cine images showed a complete obliteration of the left ventricular apex by a mass with similar density of the myocardium. This mass occupied cardiac apex and midpatient remains clinically stable (NYHA class II), without subsequent readmissions for heart failure, and no changes in systolic or diastolic function in control echocardiography.