Joel Piedade Quadros

Loeffler's endocarditis Complicating Crohn's Disease-Associated Hypereosinophilia: A Fatal Case of Eosinophil-Mediated Restrictive Cardiomyopathy

Samantha Aster Pinto, Joel Piedade Quadros & Venkatesh Malali · International Journal of Medical and Pharmaceutical Case Reports · 2026

Background: Cardiac elastomyofibrosis represents the irreversible fibrotic end-stage of Loeffler's endocarditis, an uncommon restrictive cardiomyopathy driven by eosinophil-mediated endomyocardial injury. While most often associated with hypereosinophilic syndromes, its occurrenc...