12-23-2011, 05:55 PM
A 52 years old from Brazil comes to a physician because of peripheral edema ,breathlessness,decreased exercise tolerance .ECG shows that the ventricles are not expanding normally during diastole.Endocardial Bx shows focal myocardial necrosis in the adjacent myocardium.An eosinophilic infilterate is present in the Bx and peripheral blood eosinophilia is present..Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis?
A.Alcoholic cardiomyopathy
B.Cardiac amyloidosis
C.Endocardial fibroelastosis
D.Idiopathic subaortic stenosis
E.Loeffler endocarditis
A.Alcoholic cardiomyopathy
B.Cardiac amyloidosis
C.Endocardial fibroelastosis
D.Idiopathic subaortic stenosis
E.Loeffler endocarditis