PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - C A Herzog
AU  - D C Snover
AU  - N A Staley
TI  - Acute necrotising eosinophilic myocarditis.
AID  - 10.1136/hrt.52.3.343
DP  - 1984 Sep 01
TA  - British Heart Journal
PG  - 343--348
VI  - 52
IP  - 3
4099  - http://heart.bmj.com/content/52/3/343.short
4100  - http://heart.bmj.com/content/52/3/343.full
SO  - Heart1984 Sep 01; 52
AB  - Löffler's endocarditis is a recognised complication of diseases associated with eosinophilia. Eosinophilic heart disease is usually chronic, but there is a rare acute variety. Three patients with an unusual form of eosinophilic heart disease characterised by acute necrotising eosinophilic myocarditis after a possible initial viral infection and underlying allergic diathesis are reported. In contrast to previously reported cases of acute Löffler's endocarditis there was no notable extracardiac pathology.