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. 2024 Feb 27;29(7):102267. doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2024.102267

Table 1.

Summary of Clinical Courses

Patient # Eosinophilia Diagnosis Presentation
Follow-Up
Symptoms/Diagnosis Imaging Active Inflammation Histology Steroid Treatment Other Therapies Imaging Steroid Dependence Cardiac-Related Readmissions
1 HES Transient amnesia, CVA, moderate pericardial effusion with early tamponade TTE LVEF 35%-40%;
CMR LVEF 31%
Yes Eosinophils on myocardial, bone marrow, and pleural fluid samples 60 mg prednisone followed by taper 300 mg mepolizumab monthly TTE LVEF At rest 45%-50%, stress 60%-65% No 0
2 EGPA Chest pain, myopericarditis CMR LVEF 50% Yes None None Colchicine, 300 mg mepolizumab monthly TTE LVEF 50%-55% No 0
3 HES Basal ganglia IPH TTE LVEF 45%-50% Unknown None 40 mg prednisone daily for 14 days then every other day 300 mg mepolizumab monthly TTE LVEF 40%-45% Yes, at reduced dose 0

CMR = cardiac magnetic resonance imaging; CVA = cerebrovascular accident; EGPA = eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis; LVEF = left ventricular ejection fraction; HES = hypereosinophilic syndrome; IPH = intraparenchymal hemorrhage; TTE = transthoracic echocardiography.