[Churg-Strauss syndrome with pericardial and myocardial involvement]

Rev Esp Cardiol. 1999 Sep;52(9):745-7. doi: 10.1016/s0300-8932(99)75000-1.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

We report the case of a 63-year-old female diagnosed with Churg-Strauss syndrome with both pericardial tamponade and myocardial involvement with congestive heart failure. Allergic granulomatosis and angiitis (Churg-Strauss syndrome) is classically characterized by hypereosinophilia and systemic necrotizing vasculitis of medium and small arteries in patients with previous allergic rhinitis or bronchial asthma. Subsequently the disease has been shown to be associated with cardiac involvement and is responsible for higher morbidity and mortality. The literature for Churg-Strauss syndrome of the heart is reviewed and recent advances in the clinical management of the disease according to appropriate therapeutic strategies are recommended.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Cardiac Tamponade / diagnosis
  • Cardiac Tamponade / etiology
  • Churg-Strauss Syndrome / complications*
  • Churg-Strauss Syndrome / diagnosis
  • Churg-Strauss Syndrome / physiopathology
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal
  • Female
  • Heart Failure / diagnosis
  • Heart Failure / etiology
  • Hemodynamics
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Myocarditis / diagnosis
  • Myocarditis / etiology*
  • Pericarditis / diagnosis
  • Pericarditis / etiology*