TY - JOUR T1 - Acute necrotising eosinophilic myocarditis. JF - British Heart Journal JO - Heart SP - 343 LP - 348 DO - 10.1136/hrt.52.3.343 VL - 52 IS - 3 AU - C A Herzog AU - D C Snover AU - N A Staley Y1 - 1984/09/01 UR - http://heart.bmj.com/content/52/3/343.abstract N2 - 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. ER -