skip to content
Dovepress - Open Access to Scientific and Medical Research
View our mobile site

8838

Acute coronary syndrome associated with Churg-Strauss syndrome

(2065) Views  (888) Full article downloads

Authors: Annette Doris Wagner, Gerd Peter Meyer, Markus Rihl, Anke Rathmann, Ulrike Wittkop, et al

Published Date November 2007 Volume 2007:3(5) Pages 775 - 779
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/VHRM.S

Annette Doris Wagner1, Gerd Peter Meyer2, Markus Rihl3, Anke Rathmann2, Ulrike Wittkop1, Henning Zeidler4, Hermann Haller1, Joachim Lotz5

1Department Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology; 2Division of Cardiology; 3Division of Rheumatology; 4Rheumatologikum Hannover; 5Department of Diagnostic Radiology; Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Strasse 1, 30625 Hannover, Germany

Abstract: A 41-year old female patient was admitted with acute onset of dyspnea and chest pain. Previous history revealed asthma, chronic sinusitis and eosinophilic proctitis. Electrocardiogram showed anterior ST-segment elevations and inferior ST-segment depression. Immediate heart catheterization revealed a distally occluded left anterior descending coronary artery, the occlusion being reversible after nitroglycerine. Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging was consistent with perimyocarditis. Hypereosinophilia and IgE elevation were present and Churg-strauss syndrome was diagnosed.

Keywords: Churg-Strauss syndrome (CSS), carditis, cardiac MRI








Readers of this article also read:

Prevalence of risk factors, coronary and systemic atherosclerosis in abdominal aortic aneurysm: Comparison with high cardiovascular risk population
Role of eslicarbazepine in the treatment of epilepsy in adult patients with partial-onset seizures
Refinement of rigid-body protein–protein docking using backbone and side-chain minimization with a coarse-grained model
ABO and rhesus blood group distribution in Kurds
Racial differences in diabetes-related psychosocial factors and glycemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes
Retinal nerve fiber layer evaluation in multiple sclerosis with spectral domain optical coherence tomography
Bladder extramedullary plasmacytoma and synchronous bladder urothelial transitional cell carcinoma: A case report and review of the literature
Multiple treatment comparison meta-analyses: a step forward into complexity
Evaluation of a behavioral treatment for female urinary incontinence
Evaluation of analgesic efficacy of bromfenac sodium ophthalmic solution 0.09% versus ketorolac tromethamine ophthalmic solution 0.5% following LASEK or Epi-LASIK
  • Join ISVH

    Be part of the World's leading experts in vascular health by joining the International Society of Vascular Health (ISVH)

  • Testimonials

    "... I was impressed at the rapidity of publication from submission to final acceptance." Dr Edwin Thrower, PhD, Yale University