Endomyocardial Fibrosis: Echocardiographic Profile

作     者：Ramachandran Muthiah Ramachandran Muthiah

作者机构：Thoothukudi Medical College Hospital Thoothukudi India 

出 版 物：《Case Reports in Clinical Medicine》 (临床医学病理报告（英文）)

年 卷 期：2016年第5卷第5期

页      面：180-187页

学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100201[医学-内科学(含：心血管病、血液病、呼吸系病、消化系病、内分泌与代谢病、肾病、风湿病、传染病)] 10[医学] 

主　　题：Apical Fibrosis African Heart Pericardial Effusion EMF Syndrome Mushroom Sign 

摘      要：Evolution of two-dimensional and color Doppler echocardiography identified the typical features of Endomyocardial Fibrosis (EMF) such as dense ventricular apical fibrosis, dysfunction of atrioventricular valve and sub-valvular apparatus and cavity dimensions. This is the tool used most for the diagnosis of EMF in areas where the disease is endemic in Africa. Today echocardiography is used as a screening tool to identify cases of EMF at the community level and it could be confirmed at the bed side. Background of these cases highlighted the echocardiographic features of EMF in different age groups and the oldest one reported at the age of 85 years in a female in advanced stage at this coastal district of Thoothukudi in India.