TY - JOUR
T1 - Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging used to determine a rare etiology of a layered left ventricular apical thrombus
AU - Turbay Caballero, Valentina
AU - Morris, Rachel
AU - Hussain, Sheraz
AU - Singh, Suyashi
AU - Paredes-Flores, Manuel
AU - Memon, Shermeen
AU - Naqvi, Amir
AU - Advocate Internal Medicine Residents - Christ, null
AU - Morris, Rachel
N1 - Turbay-Caballero V, Morris R, Hussain S, et al. Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging Used to Determine a Rare Etiology of a Layered Left Ventricular Apical Thrombus. Cureus. 2024;16(3):e57257. Published 2024 Mar 30. doi:10.7759/cureus.57257
PY - 2024/3/30
Y1 - 2024/3/30
N2 - Eosinophilic myocarditis (EM) is a rare disease, often associated with hypereosinophilic syndrome (HES). Historically, the diagnostic gold standard was endomyocardial biopsy (EMB). We present a unique case of a 58-year-old female who presents after a syncopal episode and was found to have a layered left ventricular (LV) thrombus. Using laboratory studies and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), we were able to delineate the etiology, avoiding any invasive testing.
AB - Eosinophilic myocarditis (EM) is a rare disease, often associated with hypereosinophilic syndrome (HES). Historically, the diagnostic gold standard was endomyocardial biopsy (EMB). We present a unique case of a 58-year-old female who presents after a syncopal episode and was found to have a layered left ventricular (LV) thrombus. Using laboratory studies and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), we were able to delineate the etiology, avoiding any invasive testing.
KW - cardiac magnetic resonance imaging
KW - eosinophilic myocarditis
KW - heart failure with reduced ejection fraction.
KW - idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome
KW - left ventricular thrombus
UR - https://institutionalrepository.aah.org/advocategme/637
UR - https://libkey.io/libraries/1712/10.7759/cureus.57257
U2 - 10.7759/cureus.57257
DO - 10.7759/cureus.57257
M3 - Article
C2 - 38686240
JO - Cureus
JF - Cureus
ER -