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Endomyocardial fibrosis causes severe congestive symptoms and may lead to end-stage heart failure.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Case summary<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>A French Caucasian 44-year-old man without noticeable medical history and who had never travelled outside of France was hospitalized for a first episode of acute heart failure revealing an atypical appearance of the left ventricle. Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) identified EMF, but investigations did not identify any aetiology (no eosinophilia). Despite optimal management of chronic heart failure, functional class declined rapidly resulting in several hospitalizations for heart failure. The patient finally underwent an elective heart transplantation with good results at 6-month follow-up.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Endomyocardial fibrosis exact physiopathology remains unclear, although association with eosinophilia has been reported. Diagnosis is challenging and is based on multi-modal imagery with a central role of CMR. There is no consensus on optimal management, medical therapy having poor outcomes and rate of peri-operative complications being high. Heart transplantation should be considered for eligible patients.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/ehjcr\/ytaa104","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,6,1]],"date-time":"2020-06-01T06:50:08Z","timestamp":1590994208000},"page":"1-5","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["Idiopathic endomyocardial fibrosis in a Western European: a case report"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"4","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0392-9440","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Guillaume","family":"Th\u00e9ry","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Cardiology Department, Reims University Hospital, Avenue du G\u00e9n\u00e9ral Koenig, 51092 Reims, France"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2161-4653","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Laurent","family":"Faroux","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Cardiology Department, Reims University Hospital, Avenue du G\u00e9n\u00e9ral Koenig, 51092 Reims, France"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6475-8329","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Philippe","family":"Deleuze","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Cardiac Surgery Department, Marie-Lannelongue Hospital, 133 Avenue de la R\u00e9sistance, 92350 Le Plessis-Robinson, France"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Damien","family":"Metz","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Cardiology Department, Reims University Hospital, Avenue du G\u00e9n\u00e9ral Koenig, 51092 Reims, France"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"286","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,6,1]]},"reference":[{"key":"2020062620242652200_ytaa104-B1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"270","DOI":"10.1093\/eurheartj\/ehm342","article-title":"Classification of the cardiomyopathies: a position statement from the European Society of Cardiology Working Group on myocardial and pericardial diseases","volume":"29","author":"Elliott","year":"2007","journal-title":"Eur Heart J"},{"key":"2020062620242652200_ytaa104-B2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"157","DOI":"10.2174\/1573403X11309020008","article-title":"Heart failure in sub-Saharan Africa","volume":"9","author":"Bloomfield","year":"2013","journal-title":"Curr Cardiol Rev"},{"key":"2020062620242652200_ytaa104-B3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"148","DOI":"10.1007\/s11886-019-1244-3","article-title":"Endomyocardial fibrosis: an update after 70 years","volume":"21","author":"Mocumbi","year":"2019","journal-title":"Curr Cardiol Rep"},{"key":"2020062620242652200_ytaa104-B4","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"267","DOI":"10.1056\/NEJM199701233360407","article-title":"Restrictive cardiomyopathy","volume":"336","author":"Kushwaha","year":"1997","journal-title":"N Engl J Med"},{"key":"2020062620242652200_ytaa104-B5","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"384","DOI":"10.1136\/hrt.2007.136101","article-title":"Neglected tropical cardiomyopathies: II. 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