The Cleveland Clinic experience of eosinophilic myocarditis in the setting of hypereosinophilic syndrome: demographics, cardiac imaging, and outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hypereosinophilic syndrome (HES) represents a group of disorders with eosinophil-mediated end-organ damage. Eosinophilic myocarditis (EM) represents cardiac involvement in HES. Data are limited regarding this rare condition. To better understand contemporary clinical characteristics of EM in HES, we reviewed demographics, cardiac imaging, and outcomes of this condition at our center.

Methods

We performed a cross-sectional study of all patients aged >18 years with diagnosis of EM in HES at our center between September 1986 and January 2023. Relevant clinical data, including clinical presentation, medical history, medication use, comorbidities, imaging findings, and outcomes, were collected and analyzed.

Results

Of 1,664 patients identified with hypereosinoph

SUBMITTER: Reeder M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11707478 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature