M-mode echocardiographic findings are described in 21 patients with endomyocardial fibrosis. Features associated with right ventricular endomyocardial fibrosis include: (i) exaggerated motion and thickening of the anterior right ventricular wall; (ii) increased right ventricular end-diastolic dimension; and (iii) paradoxical septal motion. Pericardial effusion (viz an echo-free space behind the...

Endomyocardial fibrosis is a progressive disease of unknown origin affecting children and young adults. It involves inflow portion of right and/or left ventricle and apex. It may be associated with thrombus. Literature regarding right ventricular endomyocardial fibrosis with thrombus is scarce. Here we report a rare case of right ventricular endomyocardial fibrosis presenting as ventricular tac...

Endomyocardial fibrosis was first described from Uganda as a pathological entity distinct from other forms of heart disease by Davies (1948). The characteristic lesion of the disorder is a fibrosis of the endocardium and subendocardial tissues of the ventricles, which may involve the papillary muscles and cause valvular incompetence (Fig. 1). The incidence of endomyocardial fibrosis at the Mula...

Several papers dealing with endomyocardial fibrosis have appeared in recent years, most from Africa (Bedford and Konstam, 1946; Edge, 1946; Gray, 1951; Davies and Ball, 1955), a few from America (Smith and Furth, 1943; Elster et al., 1955), and from Europe (Loffler, 1936; Miimme, 1940). It differs from fibrosis of the endocardium and myocardium accompanying occlusive disease of the coronary art...

1. García Fernández FJ, Berjón J, Ruíz V, Alcasena MS, Imizcoz MA, Lezáun R. Fibrosis endomiocárdica tropical o enfermedad de Davies. A propósito de un caso. Rev Esp Cardiol. 2001;54:2358. 2. Smedema JP, Winckels SK, Snoep G, Vainer J, Bekkers SC, Crijns HJ. Tropical endomyocardial fibrosis (Davies’ disease): case report demonstrating the role of magnetic resonance imaging. Int J Cardiovasc Ima...

Idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome is a multisystem disease with peripheral blood eosinophilia of at least 6 months duration, multiple organ system involvement, and no evidence for other known causes of eosinophilia. It is characteristically a disease of middle-aged men, often has a poor prognosis and is seldom found during childhood. Heart dicsease, characterized by endomyocardial fibrosis ...