PMID- 20421963
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
DCOM- 20110714
LR  - 20211020
IS  - 1738-5555 (Electronic)
IS  - 1738-5520 (Print)
IS  - 1738-5520 (Linking)
VI  - 40
IP  - 4
DP  - 2010 Apr
TI  - Endocardial fibroelastosis in a 57-year-old transplant recipient.
PG  - 204-7
LID - 10.4070/kcj.2010.40.4.204 [doi]
AB  - Endocardial fibroelastosis (EFE) is characterized by deposition of collagen and 
      elastin leading to ventricular hypertrophy and diffuse endocardial thickening. 
      Here we report (for the first time in Korea) the case of a EFE presenting with 
      heart failure. The patient was a 57-year-old woman who had complained of dyspnea 
      on exertion New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional class 3 and abdominal 
      distension at the time of hospital admission. Echocardiography showed severe 
      diastolic dysfunction with normal systolic function. On MRI, the 
      contrast-enhanced delayed myocardial image demonstrated hyperenhancement in the 
      endocardium. Owing to progressive heart failure, the patient was transplanted. 
      Histological examination of the explanted heart showed irregularly thickened 
      endocardium with fibrosis and elastosis in the both ventricles, compatible with 
      the diagnosis of EFE.
FAU - Lee, Mirae
AU  - Lee M
AD  - Department of Internal Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University 
      School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
FAU - Park, Sung-Ji
AU  - Park SJ
FAU - Kim, Mi-Yeon
AU  - Kim MY
FAU - Bae, Sun-Youn
AU  - Bae SY
FAU - Chung, Ho-Jung
AU  - Chung HJ
FAU - Kwon, Ghee Young
AU  - Kwon GY
FAU - Choe, Yeon Hyeon
AU  - Choe YH
FAU - Jeon, Eun-Seok
AU  - Jeon ES
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20100422
PL  - Korea (South)
TA  - Korean Circ J
JT  - Korean circulation journal
JID - 101247141
PMC - PMC2859340
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Cardiac transplantation
OT  - Cardiomyopathy, restrictive
OT  - Endocardial fibroelastosis
EDAT- 2010/04/28 06:00
MHDA- 2010/04/28 06:01
PMCR- 2010/04/01
CRDT- 2010/04/28 06:00
PHST- 2009/10/10 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2009/10/19 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2009/10/20 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2010/04/28 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2010/04/28 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2010/04/28 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2010/04/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.4070/kcj.2010.40.4.204 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Korean Circ J. 2010 Apr;40(4):204-7. doi: 10.4070/kcj.2010.40.4.204. Epub 2010 
      Apr 22.