Paper: Endomyocardial fibrosis in Africa: Its diagnosis, distribution and nature

Williams, A. W.; Ball, Jonathan; Davies, J. N. P.

doi:10.1016/0035-9203(54)90100-5

Cited by 68 publications

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“…This description does not provide any information on the pathogenesis which has already been discussed by many workers (Williams, Ball, and Davies, 1954;Dyson and Decker, 1958); but it does lend support to the supposition that a diet consisting largely of plantains may be responsible for the occurrence of many ofthe cardiomyopathies in which endocardial fibrosis is seen, as bananas and plantains form a large part of the dietary intake of many Jamaicans (J. A. Hayes, 1965, personal communication), as they do in many other areas where these cardiomyopathies are seen, e.g.…”

Section: Histologymentioning

confidence: 92%

Jamaican Cardiomyopathy

Hill¹,

Still²,

McKinney³

1967

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Jamaican Cardiomyopathy

Hill¹,

Still²,

McKinney³

1967

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“…Endomyocardial fibrosis is a "vanishing mystery" in the coastal districts of South India and the Kerala state was once "the hot spot" for this enigmatic disease [14], sub-endocardial fibrosis affecting the apices and the inflow tract of the right or left ventricle or both define the disease [15]. It is characterized by apical obliteration, valvular regurgitation especially the posterior leaflets of mitral or tricuspid valves, atrial dilation with features of restrictive physiology and the disease came to be known as "Davie's disease" [16].…”

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confidence: 99%

Left Ventricular “Horseshoe-Thrombus”—A Case Report

Muthiah¹

2016

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Thrombi represent the most frequently found intracardiac masses. Left ventricular thrombus (LVT) is an important complication in patients with ischemic heart diseases and in those with dilated cardiomyopathy and systolic heart failure. The diagnosis of left ventricular thrombus remains important since anticoagulation will reduce the risk of systemic embolization and stroke. Despite advances in other imaging modalities, echocardiography remains the most important tool for diagnosis and risk stratification in patients predisposed to develop left ventricular thrombi. Mural thrombi formed on the left ventricular endocardium and horseshoe-shaped in chronic dilated cardiomyopathy, masquerading as left ventricular endomyocardial fibrosis was diagnosed by transthoracic 2D echocardiographic imaging in a 38 years old middle aged man. Background of this case highlighted the pathophysiology, high risk echocardiographic features and the role of anticoagulant therapy in LV thrombus with dilated cardiomyopathy.

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“…The same authors have published haemodynamic data from studies on 30 patients of whom many had moderate pulmonary hypertension, suggesting that they had biventricular fibrosis (Parry and Abrahams 1963). The relatively frequent occurrence of pericardial effusion in association with endomyocardial fibrosis was reported by Williams, Ball, and Davies (1954), and Abrahams and Parry (1963) published the features of 6 patients with chronic pericardial effusion and right ventricular endomyocardial fibrosis. The purpose of this present paper is to report the clinical features of 28 patients with right ventricular endomyocardial fibrosis who have been studied in Mulago Hospital.…”

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