Loeffler Endocarditis: Follow-up

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Further Reading

Keywords

Loeffler's endocarditis, endomyocardial fibrosis, Loeffler disease, Loeffler syndrome, restrictive cardiomyopathy, eosinophilia, eosinophilic myocarditis, thromboembolism, acute heart failure, hypereosinophilic syndrome, eosinophilic leukemia, eosinophilic endocardial disease, eosinophilic arteritis, myocarditis, eosinophilic endomyocardial disease, idiopathic eosinophilic endomyocarditis, hypereosinophilic syndrome, HES, posterior myocardial infarction, acute myocardial infarction, aortic valve regurgitation secondary to valve fibrosis and fibrotic vegetations on the aortic valve, amyloidosis, eosinophilic proliferation, peripheral eosinophilia, Loeffler endocarditis

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