Ventricular aneurysm and myocarditis in a child with the hyperimmunoglobulin E syndrome.

el Noor, I B; Venugopalan, P; Johnston, W J; Froude, J R · Eur Heart J · 1995

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

A 2-year-old Omani child with hyperimmunoglobulin E syndrome (HIES) had a 5-week illness characterized by fever, heart failure and acute mitral regurgitation. Echocardiographic studies showed the evolution of an apical left ventricular aneurysm during this illness.

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