![]() ![]() LGE was always multifocal and subendocardial but could involve any myocardial layer. LV late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) was found in all but one patient (13/14 93%). Eight patients (53%) had pericardial effusion. LV ejection fraction measured < 50% in 11 patients (73%) and < 30% in 2 (13%), but only 6 (40%) had dilated LV size. On CMR, all 15 patients had myocardial edema with 10 of them (67%) having abnormally high left ventricular (LV) mass as well. The patients, aged 51 ± 17 years, presented with fever (53%), dyspnea (47%), chest pain (53%), heart block (20%), and blood eosinophilia (60%). Of the 28 patients ascertained, 15 had undergone CMR for diagnosis and constitute our study cohort. Patients with histologically proven EM seen at an academic center from 2000 through 2020 were identified. ![]() We aimed to describe CMR findings in histologically proven EM. ![]() Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) excels in the assessment of myocardial diseases but CMR studies of EM are limited. Eosinophilic myocarditis (EM) is a life-threatening acute heart disease. ![]()
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