Endomyocardial fibrosis
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| Left ventricular endocardial fibrosis due to implantable defibrillator. Image courtesy of Professor Peter Anderson DVM PhD and published with permission © PEIR, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Pathology |
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Synonyms and related keywords: Davies' disease, EMF, Fibroelastic endocarditis, Loeffler endomyocardial fibrosis with eosinophilia, Loeffler fibroplastic parietal endocarditis and Loeffler's disease. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31] [32] [33] [34]
Endomyocardial fibrosis or endocardial fibrosis may seen as;
- Left ventricular fibrosis
- Right ventricular fibrosis
- Biventricular fibrosis
Pathological Findings
Left ventricular endocardial fibrosis due to implantable defibrillator |
 Left ventricular endocardial fibrosis due to implantable defibrillator |
 Right ventricular endocardial fibrosis due to implantable defibrillator |
 Right ventricular endocardial fibrosis due to implantable defibrillator |
 Endomyocardial Fibrosis with Ventricular Thrombosis: Gross, fixed tissue, good color view from right atrium into right ventricle showing top of thrombus in right ventricle |
 Endomyocardial Fibrosis with Ventricular Thrombosis: Gross, fixed tissue, good color, horizontal section of ventricles endocardial fibrosis, thrombus and focal myocardial fibrosis are evident |
 Endomyocardial Fibrosis with Ventricular Thrombosis: Gross, fixed tissue, horizontal section of ventricles showing thrombus filling both.Left ventricle endocardial fibrosis and focal myocardial fibrosis. Cause unknown. The heart weight 550 gm |
 Endomyocardial Fibrosis with Ventricular Thrombosis: Gross, fixed tissue, four horizontal sections of ventricles showing lumens filled with thrombus mostly old and on left endocardial fibrosis. 43 year old female, cause completely unknown, ventricles filled with thrombus |
References
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