Loeffler endocarditis

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Loeffler endocarditis Classification and external resources
ICD-10	I 42.3
ICD-9	421.0
DiseasesDB	4291
eMedicine	med/1318
MeSH	D017681

Loeffler endocarditis, a form of endocarditis, is one of the two forms of hypereosinophilic syndrome. It is a restricive cardiomyopathy characterized eosinophilia and eosinophilic penetration leading to the fibrotic thickening of portions of the heart (similar to that of endomyocardial fibrosis) and commonly has large mural thrombi. Common symptoms include edema and breathlessness. It is commonly found in temperate climates, and is rapidly fatal.

[edit] Eponym

It is named for Wilhelm Löffler.^[1]^[2]

[edit] References

^ synd/582 at Who Named It
^ W. Löffler. Endocarditis parietalis fibroplastica mit Bluteosinophilie. Ein eigenartiges Krankheitsbild. Schweizerische medizinische Wochenschrift, Basel, 1936, 66: 817-820.

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Cardiovascular disease: heart disease - Circulatory system pathology (I00-I52, 390-429)

Ischaemic/
Acute coronary

CHD: CAD - Coronary thrombosis - Coronary vasospasm - Coronary artery aneurysm

Angina pectoris (Prinzmetal's angina) - Myocardial infarction (heart attack)

Myocardial rupture - Dressler's syndrome

Layers

Conduction/
arrhythmia

Heart block	AV (1°, 2°, 3°) - Bundle branch (Left, Right) - Bifascicular/Trifascicular - Sinoatrial - Sick sinus syndrome - Adams-Stokes syndrome

Pre-excitation syndrome	Wolff-Parkinson-White - Lown-Ganong-Levine

Tachycardia	Paroxysmal - Supraventricular (AV nodal reentrant, Accelerated idioventricular rhythm, Sinus) - Ventricular (Torsades de pointes, Catecholaminergic polymorphic)

Premature contraction	Atrial - Ventricular

Flutter/fibrillation	Atrial flutter - Ventricular flutter - Atrial fibrillation (Familial) - Ventricular fibrillation

Pacemaker	Wandering pacemaker - Ectopic pacemaker - Parasystole - Multifocal atrial tachycardia

Long QT syndrome	Romano-Ward syndrome - Andersen-Tawil syndrome - Jervell and Lange-Nielsen syndrome

Cardiac arrest	Sudden cardiac death - Asystole - Pulseless electrical activity

Other

Cardiomegaly - Ventricular hypertrophy (Left, Right/Cor pulmonale)
Heart failure (Cardiac asthma) - Rheumatic fever

See also congenital, neoplasia

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