Multimodality Imaging and Pathologic Assessment in an Adult with Endocardial Fibroelastosis

摘要

class="kwd-title">Keywords: Adult endocardial fibroelastosis, Adult cardiomyopathy, Multimodality imaging class="head no_bottom_margin" id="sec1title">IntroductionEndocardial fibroelastosis (EFE) is a type of cardiomyopathy affecting mainly infants, rarely reported in adolescents and adults. It is characterized by massive thickening of the endocardium with subsequent myocardial dysfunction. We report an unusual case in an adult who was being evaluated for heart and lung transplantation. We present the imaging findings on various imaging techniques and also review the pathologic findings.