Churg-Strauss syndrome with cardiac involvement: case illustration and contribution of CMR in the diagnosis and clinical follow-up

• Published in: International journal of cardiology Vol. 258; pp. 321 - 324
• Main Authors: d'Ersu, E., Ribi, C., Monney, P., Vincenti, G., Schwitter, J., Rotman, S., Hullin, R., Regamey, J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01-05-2018
• ISSN: 0167-5273; 1874-1754
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2018.02.011

This report summarises three cases of Churg-Strauss syndrome (CSS) illustrating the diagnostic challenges associated with the cardiac manifestation of this disease. Here, we illustrate the role of cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) for diagnosis and follow-up of CSS with a focus on new non-contrast T2-weighted imaging sequences for quantification of myocardial scar tissue and quantitative T2 mapping techniques, which allow the detection of myocardial edema.
•Cardiac involvement in the rare Churg-Strauss syndrome is highly prevalent, but remains a diagnostic challenge.•A multimodal and multidisciplinary approach is mandatory for the initial diagnosis.•CMR and its new non-contrast sequences offer a non-invasive modality for the clinical follow-up under immunosupressive therapy.