Dilated cardiomyopathy in a patient with Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (Churg Strauss)

Case Report.

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https://doi.org/10.31053/1853.0605.v79.n2.32922

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cardiomyopathy, dilated, churg-strauss syndrome, heart failure

Abstract

Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis, formerly known as Churg-Strauss Syndrome, is a rare pathology that belongs to the group of diseases characterized by necrotizing vasculitis of small and medium-sized systemic blood vessels. Symptomatic cardiovascular involvement occurs in 27% to 47% of Churg-Strauss cases, being one of the most serious manifestations. The diagnosis is usually confirmed with tissue biopsy showing eosinophil infiltration, but with the recent inclusion of cardiac MRI, we can dispense with it.

Early diagnosis is important because prompt treatment is usually associated with improvement in the condition.

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Author Biographies

Juliet Lozita, Sanatorium Allende, Cardiology Department. Córdoba, Argentina.

Physician graduated from the National University of Córdoba, currently a third-year cardiology resident at the Sanatorio Allende, Córdoba.

Judith Mailén Vicentín, Sanatorium Allende. Servicio de Cardiología. Córdoba. Argentina.

Physician graduated from the National University of the Northeast (UNNE), currently a second-year resident of cardiology in Sanatorio Allende, Córdoba.

María Florencia Melgarejo Otarola, Sanatorio Allende, Servicio de Cardiología. Córdoba, Argentina.

Medical surgeon graduated from the National University of Cordoba. Cardiology sSpecialist by the Cordoba province physician council since 2015. Coordination of the Coronary Critical Care Unit of the Sanatorio Allende Cerro Division from 2016 to date. Cardiovascular recovery.

Jorge Andrés Paolasso, Sanatorium Allende. Cardiology Department. Cordoba. Argentina.

Cardiologist. Master in advanced cardiac imaging techniques (Sant Pau Hospital).
Sanatorio Allende Cardiology Staff. Staff Diagnostic Imaging Service Hospital San Roque

Roberto Michael Angel Colque, Sanatorium Allende. Coronary Critical Care Unit. Cordoba. Argentina.

Head of the Coronary Care Unit of the Sanatorium Allende Cerro. Former President of the Córdoba Cardiology Society. Former President of the Committee on Heart Failure of the Argentine Federation of Cardiology

Pablo Ezequiel Sarmiento, Sanatorium Allende. Cardiology Department. Cordoba. Argentina.

University Cardiologist graduated from the Catholic University of Córdoba. Coronary Critical Care Unit Staff Coordinator at Sanatorio Allende (Cerro). Diploma in Echocardiography at the Catholic University of Córdoba.

 

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2022-06-06

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Lozita J, Vicentín JM, Melgarejo Otarola MF, Paolasso JA, Colque RMA, Sarmiento PE. Dilated cardiomyopathy in a patient with Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (Churg Strauss): Case Report. Rev Fac Cien Med Univ Nac Cordoba [Internet]. 2022 Jun. 6 [cited 2024 Jul. 17];79(2):193-6. Available from: https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/med/article/view/32922

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Vol. 79 No. 2 (2022)

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